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See more synonyms for crisp on Thesaurus.com adjective, crisp·er, crisp·est. (especially of food) hard but easily breakable; brittle: crisp toast. (especially of food) firm and fresh; not soft or wilted: a crisp leaf of lettuce. brisk; sharp; clear; decided: a crisp reply. lively; pithy; sparkling: crisp repartee. clean-cut, neat, and well-pressed; well-groomed. bracing; invigorating: crisp air. crinkled, wrinkled, or rippled, as skin or water. in small, stiff, or firm curls; curly. Show More
verb (used with or without object) to make or become crisp. to curl. Show More
Chiefly British potato chip .a dessert of fruit, as apples or apricots, baked with a crunchy mixture, usually of bread crumbs, chopped nutmeats, butter, and brown sugar. Show More
Origin of crisp before 900; Middle English, Old English < Latin crispus curled
Related forms crisp·ly , adverb crisp·ness , noun Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Related Words for crisp crusty ,
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penetrating ,
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provoking Examples from the Web for crisp Contemporary Examples of crisp Exactly one month after the first straw goat was erected in Gävle, it was mysteriously burned to a crisp .
Note: If you prefer cookies thin and crisp , bake them straight from the mixing bowl.
If you prefer them chewy in the middle and crisp outside, chill the balls of dough.
De la Renta did design some stuff for Kennedy too—notably, one perfect belted sheath in crisp white linen.
The summer heat is fleeting, and the crisp golden brown of autumn lingers just a little bit longer than it should.
Historical Examples of crisp He started to get up, but the marshal's crisp voice cut in on him.
Fill your salad bowl with the crisp leaves, from which the flowerhead has been plucked.
"It hasn't been convenient to do it before," was the crisp answer.
Dust Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
Marny spoke in crisp , detached sentences between the pats of his brush.
If you baste it with any thing else, or with its own dripping, the skin will not be crisp .
British Dictionary definitions for crisp dry and brittle fresh and firm crisp lettuce invigorating or bracing a crisp breeze clear; sharp crisp reasoning lively or stimulating crisp conversation clean and orderly; neat a crisp appearance concise and pithy; terse a crisp reply wrinkled or curly crisp hair Show More
British a very thin slice of potato fried and eaten cold as a snack something that is crisp Show More
Derived Forms crisply , adverb crispness , noun Word Origin for crisp Old English, from Latin crispus curled, uneven, wrinkled
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Word Origin and History for crisp adj. Old English crisp "curly," from Latin crispus "curled, wrinkled, having curly hair," from PIE root *(s)ker- "to turn, bend." It began to mean "brittle" 1520s, for obscure reasons, perhaps based on what happens to flat things when they are cooked. Figurative sense of "neat, brisk" is from 1814; perhaps a separate word. As a noun, from late 14c. Potato crisps (the British version of U.S. potato chips ) is from 1929.
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v. late 14c., "to curl," from crisp (adj.). Meaning "to become brittle" is from 1805. Related: Crisped ; crisping .
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Idioms and Phrases with crisp see burn to a cinder (crisp).
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