Crisp

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Firm but easily broken or crumbled; brittle: crisp potato chips.
  • adj. Pleasingly firm and fresh: crisp carrot and celery sticks.
  • adj. Bracing; invigorating: crisp mountain air.
  • adj. Lively; sprightly: music with a crisp rhythm.
  • adj. Conspicuously clean or new: a crisp dollar bill.
  • adj. Marked by clarity, conciseness, and briskness: a crisp reply. See Synonyms at incisive.
  • adj. Having small curls, waves, or ripples.
  • v. To make or keep crisp.
  • verb-intransitive. To become or remain crisp.
  • n. Something crisp or easily crumbled: The roast was burned to a crisp.
  • n. A dessert of fruit baked with a sweet crumbly topping: apple crisp.
  • n. Chiefly British A potato chip.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Sharp, clearly defined.
  • adj. Curling in stiff curls or ringlets; as, crisp hair.
  • adj. Curled with a ripple of water.
  • adj. Brittle; friable; in a condition to break with a short, sharp fracture; as, crisp snow.
  • adj. Possessing a certain degree of firmness and freshness; in a fresh, unwilted condition.
  • adj. Of weather, air etc.: dry and cold.
  • adj. Quick and accurate.
  • adj. Brief and to the point. (Esp. in make it crisp.)
  • adj. Lively; sparking; effervescing.
  • adj. Brisk; crackling; cheerful; lively.
  • adj. Of wine: having a refreshing amount of acidity; having less acidity than green wine, but more than a flabby one.
  • n. A thin slice of fried potato eaten as a snack.
  • v. To make crisp.
  • v. To become crisp.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Curling in stiff curls or ringlets.
  • adj. Curled with the ripple of the water.
  • adj. Brittle; friable; in a condition to break with a short, sharp fracture.
  • adj. Possessing a certain degree of firmness and freshness; in a fresh, unwilted condition.
  • adj. Lively; sparking; effervescing.
  • adj. Brisk; crackling; cheerful; lively.
  • v. To curl; to form into ringlets, as hair, or the nap of cloth; to interweave, as the branches of trees.
  • v. To cause to undulate irregularly, as crape or water; to wrinkle; to cause to ripple. Cf. Crimp.
  • v. To make crisp or brittle, as in cooking.
  • verb-intransitive. To undulate or ripple. Cf. crisp, v. t.
  • n. That which is crisp or brittle; the state of being crisp or brittle; ; specifically, the rind of roasted pork; crackling.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Curled; crimpled; crimped; wrinkled; wavy; especially (of the hair), curling in small stiff or firm curls.
  • In botany, curled and twisted: applied to a leaf when the border is much more dilated than the disk.
  • Twisted; twisting; winding.
  • Brittle; friable; breaking or crumbling into fragments of somewhat firm consistence.
  • Possessing a certain degree of firmness and vigor; fresh; having a fresh appearance.
  • Brisk; lively.
  • Having a sharp, pleasantly acrid taste.
  • Lively in expression; pithy; terse; sparkling.
  • In entomology, same as crispate.
  • n. A material formerly used for veils, probably similar to crape; a veil.
  • n. Same as crespine. Planché.
  • To curl; twist; contract or form into waves or ringlets, as the hair; wreathe or interweave, as the branches of trees.
  • To wrinkle or curl into little undulations; crimp; ripple; corrugate; pucker: as, to crisp cloth.
  • To form little curls or undulations; curl.
  • To become friable; crackle.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in
  • n. a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat
  • adj. (of something seen or heard) clearly defined
  • adj. pleasingly firm and fresh
  • adj. brief and to the point; effectively cut short
  • adj. pleasantly cold and invigorating
  • adj. (of hair) in small tight curls
  • adj. tender and brittle
  • v. make brown and crisp by heating
  • Equivalent
    distinct    fresh    concise    cold    curly    tender   
    Verb Form
    crisped    crisping    crispness    crisps   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    snack food    heat up    heat   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    brittle    friable    lively    sparking    effervescing    brisk    crackling    cheerful    curly    blunt   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Lisp    lisp    wisp   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    soft    sharp    brisk    silky    neat    stiff    brittle    silvery    vivid