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crisp (kr

sp)

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.

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.

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.

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

crisply adv.

crispness n.

crisp [krɪsp]

adj

1. dry and brittle

2. fresh and firm crisp lettuce

3. invigorating or bracing a crisp breeze

4. clear; sharp crisp reasoning

5. lively or stimulating crisp conversation

6. clean and orderly; neat a crisp appearance

7. concise and pithy; terse a crisp reply

8. wrinkled or curly crisp hair

to make or become crisp

1. (Cookery) Brit a very thin slice of potato fried and eaten cold as a snack

2. something that is crisp

[Old English, from Latin crispus curled, uneven, wrinkled]

crisply adv

crispness n

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

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"

crisp

adjective

1. firm, crunchy, crispy, crumbly, fresh, brittle, unwilted Bake the potatoes till they're nice and crisp.
firm soft, limp, withered, wilted, floppy, drooping, droopy, flaccid

2. bracing, fresh, refreshing, brisk, invigorating a crisp autumn day
bracing warm, pleasant, mild, clement, balmy

3. clean, smart, trim, neat, tidy, orderly, spruce, snappy, clean-cut, well-groomed, well-pressed He wore a panama hat and a crisp white suit.

4. brief, clear, short, tart, incisive, terse, succinct, pithy, brusque In a clear, crisp voice, he began his speech.

Translations

crisp [krɪsp]

A. ADJ (crisper (compar) (crispest (superl)))

1. (= fresh, crunchy) [lettuce, salad] → fresco; [apple, snow, bacon, leaves] → crujiente; [paper] → limpio; [banknote] → nuevecito; [linen] → almidonado

2. (= cold, clear) [air] → vivificante, vigorizante; [day, morning] → frío y despejado
the weather was clear and crisp → el día estaba frío y despejado

3. (= sharp) [voice, sound] → bien definido, nítido; [image] → nítido

4. (= tight) [curl] → apretado

5. (= brisk, curt) [tone, reply] → seco, tajante; [statement, phrase] → escueto
a crisp prose style → una prosa escueta

B. N (Brit) (also potato crisp) → patata f frita(de bolsa), papa f (frita) (de bolsa) (LAm)
burnt to a crisp [toast etc] → chamuscado; [person] (= sunburnt) → achicharrado

crisp [ˈkrɪsp]

adj

(= crunchy) [apple, lettuce, vegetable] → croquant(e); [pastry] → croustillant(e)

[cotton, sheets] → impeccable

[weather, morning] → frais*(fraîche)

[tone, manner, reply] → vif*(vive)

(British) crisps (= potato chips) → chips fpl, pommes fpl chips
a bag of crisps → un paquet de chips

to be burnt to a crisp → être carbonisé(e)

crisp

adj (+er) apple, lettuce → knackig, fest; bread, biscuits, bacon → knusprig; snow → verharscht; leaves → trocken; appearance → adrett, frisch; curls, clothes → steif; manner, voice, style of writing, remark → knapp; air, weather, colour → frisch; sound → klar; (Sport) shot → sauber; ten-pound note → brandneu; a crisp dry white wine → ein leichter, trockener Weißwein; a crisp spring morning → ein frischer Frühlingsmorgen

n (Brit: = potato crisp) → Chip m; to burn something to a crisp → etw verbrutzeln lassen; toast → etw verkohlen lassen; burned or blackened to a crisp → völlig verbrutzelt; toast → völlig verkohlt

vt (also crisp up) bread → aufbacken

crisp [krɪsp] adj (-er (comp) (-est (superl))) (bacon, biscuit, lettuce) → croccante; (snow) → fresco/a; (bank note) → nuovo/a di zecca; (linen) → inamidato/a; (air) → fresco/a, frizzante; (manner, tone, reply) → secco/a, brusco/a; (style) → conciso/a e vivace

crisp

adj crisp [krisp]

1 stiff and dry enough to break easily crisp biscuits. bros, krakerig هَش، سَريع الإنكِسار хрупкав chřupavý sprød knusprig τραγανός crujiente, quebradizo krõbe ترد؛ خشک rapea croustillant פָּרִיך कुरकुर hrskav ropogós, omlós renyah stökkur friabile かりかりに焼けた 파삭파삭한 traškus kraukšķīgs rapuh bros sprø kruchy estaladiço crocant рассыпчатый chrumkavý drobljiv rskav knaprig, frasig, spröd กรอบ gevrek, kıtır kıtır 脆的 крихкий, розсипчастий كرارا، خست‍ہ giòn 脆的

2 (of vegetables etc) firm and fresh a crisp lettuce. bros, krakerig ناضِر، طازَج свеж křehký frisk fest und frisch τραγανός crujiente, fresco karge تر و تازه raikas croquant טָרִי, רַעֲנָן स्पष्ट, विशद hrskav friss, ropogós segar dan renyah ferskur croccante, fresco ぱりぱりする 아삭아삭한 traškus, gaivus stingrs; ciets (par augļiem, saknēm) rangup stevig sprø chrupiący fresquinho crocant свежий krehký hrustljav svež spröd สดและกรอบ taze 鮮脆的 цупкий تازه chắc và tươi 鲜嫩的

3 (of manner, speech etc) firm and clear. opgewek, beslis, pittig حازِم، واضِح وصارِم отривист rázný frisk entschieden σαφής, κοφτός resuelto, seco krapsakas پر شور و حرارت naseva précis; cassant נוֹקֵב, חָד दृढ़ čvrst, jasan határozott jelas skÿr; ótvíræður deciso てきぱきした 또렷또렷한 trumpas, glaustas noteikts; izteiksmīgs (par stilu) rapuh zelfverzekerd kort, skarp energiczny claro la obiect; tăios решительный rázny, rezký jasen, odločen odsečan kort och koncis, bestämd สะอาดเรียบร้อย açık, seçik, kesin (言行舉止)乾脆的 чіткий; рішучий صاف اور واضح quả quyết 干脆的

short for potato crisp.

adv crisply

krakerig جَعْد، مُتَمَوِّج ясно jasně, rázně sprødt; friskt knusprig με σαφήνεια, κοφτά secamente, crujientemente krapsakalt بطور ترد nasevasti d'un ton cassant בְּאוֹפֵן חָד कुरमुरा hrskavo határozottan, erőteljesen, frissen renyah líflega in modo deciso ぱりぱりと 바삭바삭하게 trumpai, glaustai kraukšķīgi, noteikti dengan rangup bondig, zelfverzekerd kort og knapt, skarpt lapidarnie com firmeza pe un ton tăios решительно rázne rezko rskavost kort och koncist, bestämt อย่างกรอบ gevrek, çıtır çıtır 乾脆地 рішуче; чітко جچ‍ے تل‍ے انداز می‍ں một cách hoạt bát 干脆地

n crispness

krakerigheid هَـشاشَه، نَـضارة، حَزْم решителност křehkost; ráznost; chřupavost sprødhed; friskhed die Knusprigkeit, die Frische σαφήνεια firmeza, sequedad, naturaleza dura pero quebradiza krapsakus تردی nasevuus netteté פְּרִיכוּת कुरमुरापन‍ hrskavost ropogósság kerenyahan hreinleiki; skÿrleiki l'essere deciso 歯切れのよさ 바삭바삭함 traškumas kraukšķīgums kerangupan brosheid, stevigheid, zelfverzekerdheid sprøhet, korthet, skarphet kruchość firmeza claritate свежесть; решительность krehkosť jasnost rskav frasighet, sprödhet, knaprighet ความกรอบ gevreklik, tazelik 脆 рішучість كراراپن sự nhanh nhẹn 脆

adj crispy

krakerig جَعْد، مُتَمَوِّج، هَش، مُنْعِش، ناضِر къдрав křehký; chřupavý sprød; frisk knusprig τραγανιστός crujiente, quebradizo krõbe ترد؛ تر و تازه rapea crépu פָּרִיך झुर्रीदार, कुरकुरा hrskav ropogós renyah stökkur croccante ぱりぱりした 바삭바삭한 traškus kraukšķīgs; noteikts rangup bros sprø(stekt) kruchy, energiczny estaladiço crocant хрустящий kučeravý nakodran; hrustljav rskav frasig กรอบ gevrek 松脆的 хрусткий; кучерявий خست‍ہ khô cứng 松脆的

crisp → هش křehký sprød knackig τραγανός crujiente tuore croquant prhak croccante パリパリした 바삭바삭한 helder sprø chrupki crocante рассыпчатый frasig กรอบ taze giòn 脆的

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