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crisp

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: crisp

1
 adj
tender and brittle
2
 nv
a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat
make brown and crisp by heating
3
 adj
(of something seen or heard) clearly defined
4
 adj
brief and to the point; effectively cut short
5
 adj
pleasingly firm and fresh
6
 adj
pleasantly cold and invigorating
7
 adj
(of hair) in small tight curls
8
 v
make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: crisp
1

adj tender and brittle

“crisp potato chips”
Synonyms:
crispy
tender
easy to cut or chew
2

n a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat

Synonyms:
Saratoga chip, chip, potato chip
Type of:
snack food
food for light meals or for eating between meals

v make brown and crisp by heating

“crisp potatoes”
Synonyms:
crispen, toast
Type of:
heat, heat up
make hot or hotter
3

adj (of something seen or heard) clearly defined

“the crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot”
Synonyms:
sharp
distinct
easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined
4

adj brief and to the point; effectively cut short

“a crisp retort”
Synonyms:
curt, laconic, terse
concise
expressing much in few words
5

adj pleasingly firm and fresh

“crisp lettuce”
Synonyms
fresh
recently made, produced, or harvested
6

adj pleasantly cold and invigorating

“crisp clear nights and frosty mornings”
Synonyms:
frosty, nipping, nippy, snappy
cold
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
7

adj (of hair) in small tight curls

Synonyms:
frizzly, frizzy, kinky, nappy
curly
(of hair) having curls or waves
8

v make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in

Synonyms:
crease, crinkle, ruckle, scrunch, scrunch up, wrinkle
Types:
cockle, crumple, knit, pucker, rumple
to gather something into small wrinkles or folds
pucker, ruck, ruck up
become wrinkled or drawn together
Type of:
fold, fold up, turn up
bend or lay so that one part covers the other
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