crisp

crisp  (krsp)

adj. crisp·er, crisp·est

1. Firm but easily broken or crumbled; brittle: crisp potato chips.

2. Pleasingly firm and fresh: crisp carrot and celery sticks.

3.

a. Bracing; invigorating: crisp mountain air.

b. Lively; sprightly: music with a crisp rhythm.

4. Conspicuously clean or new: a crisp dollar bill.

5. Marked by clarity, conciseness, and briskness: a crisp reply. See Synonyms at incisive.

6. Having small curls, waves, or ripples.

v. crisped, crisp·ing, crisps

v.tr.

To make or keep crisp.

v.intr.

To become or remain crisp.

n.

1. Something crisp or easily crumbled: The roast was burned to a crisp.

2. A dessert of fruit baked with a sweet crumbly topping: apple crisp.

3. Chiefly British A potato chip.

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[Middle English, curly, from Old English, from Latin crispus; see sker-² in Indo-European roots.]

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crisply adv.

crispness n.

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crisp

Adjective

1. fresh and firm: a crisp green salad

2. dry and brittle: bake until crisp and golden brown

3. clean and neat: crisp white cotton

4. (of weather) cold but invigorating: a crisp autumn day

5. clear and sharp: the telescope is designed to provide the first crisp images of distant galaxies

6. lively or brisk: the service is crisp and efficient

Noun

Brit a very thin slice of potato fried till crunchy

Verb

to make or become crisp [Latin crispus curled]

crisply adv
crispness n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	crisp - a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat potato chip, Saratoga chip, chip snack food - food for light meals or for eating between meals
Verb	1.	crisp - make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; "The dress got wrinkled"; "crease the paper like this to make a crane" crease, crinkle, ruckle, scrunch up, wrinkle, scrunch fold, fold up, turn up - bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar" pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit - to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She puckered her lips" ruck, ruck up, pucker - become wrinkled or drawn together; "her lips puckered"
	2.	crisp - make brown and crisp by heating; "toast bread"; "crisp potatoes" crispen, toast cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" heat, heat up - make hot or hotter; "the sun heats the oceans"; "heat the water on the stove"
Adj.	1.	crisp - (of something seen or heard) clearly defined; "a sharp photographic image"; "the sharp crack of a twig"; "the crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot" sharp distinct - easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined; "a distinct flavor"; "a distinct odor of turpentine"; "a distinct outline"; "the ship appeared as a distinct silhouette"; "distinct fingerprints"
	2.	crisp - tender and brittle; "crisp potato chips" crispy tender - easy to cut or chew; "tender beef"
	3.	crisp - pleasantly cold and invigorating; "crisp clear nights and frosty mornings"; "a nipping wind"; "a nippy fall day"; "snappy weather" nipping, nippy, snappy, frosty cold - having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration; "a cold climate"; "a cold room"; "dinner has gotten cold"; "cold fingers"; "if you are cold, turn up the heat"; "a cold beer"
	4.	crisp - pleasingly firm and fresh; "crisp lettuce" fresh - recently made, produced, or harvested; "fresh bread"; "a fresh scent"; "fresh lettuce"
	5.	crisp - (of hair) in small tight curls frizzly, frizzy, nappy, kinky curly - (of hair) having curls or waves; "they envied her naturally curly hair"
	6.	crisp - brief and to the point; effectively cut short; "a crisp retort"; "a response so curt as to be almost rude"; "the laconic reply; `yes'"; "short and terse and easy to understand" laconic, terse, curt concise - expressing much in few words; "a concise explanation"

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crisp

adjective 1. firm, crunchy, crispy, crumbly, fresh, brittle, unwilted << OPPOSITE soft

adjective 2. bracing, fresh, refreshing, brisk, invigorating << OPPOSITE warm

adjective 3. clean, smart, trim, neat, tidy, orderly, spruce, snappy, clean-cut, well-groomed, well-pressed

adjective 4. brief, clear, short, tart, incisive, terse, succinct, pithy, brusque

Translations

crisp [krɪsp] adj → fresco; [toast, snow] → crujiente; [manner] → seco

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crisp [krɪsp] adj → croquant(e); [weather] → vif(vive); [manner etc] → brusque

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crisp [krɪsp] adj (vegetables etc) → knackig;

(bacon etc) → knusprig;

(weather) → frisch;

(manner, tone, reply) → knapp

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crisp [krɪsp] adj → croccante;

(fig) → frizzante, vivace; deciso/a