crisp
(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.
to make or become crisp.
to curl.
Chiefly British. potato chip.
Cooking. a dessert of fruit, as apples or apricots, baked with a crunchy mixture, usually of breadcrumbs, chopped nutmeats, butter, and brown sugar.
Origin of crisp
1Other words for crisp
Other words from crisp
- crisply, adverb
- crispness, noun
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How to use crisp in a sentence
Fino and Manzanilla age beneath healthy layers flor and are therefore the crispest and brightest.
Why Maya Angelou Loved Sherry, The Drink of Brilliant Renegades | Jordan Salcito | June 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAll the ladies, and you can have as many as you want, are in their freshest, crispest summer gowns.
Mother Nature's Toy-Shop | Lina BeardGive me three thousand of the best and crispest, and I'll undertake to buy that shop.
Indiscretions of Archie | P. G. WodehouseI am keeping back the crispest of the hot cakes, and there is buttered toast in a covered dish by the fire.
The Girls of St. Wode's | L. T. Meade"I don't recommend him," the old gentleman answered in his crispest manner.
Ben Pepper | Margaret Sidney
“Don't know anything about him,” said the official in the crispest accents.
Five Little Peppers at School | Margaret Sidney
British Dictionary definitions for crisp
/ (krɪsp) /
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
to make or become crisp
British a very thin slice of potato fried and eaten cold as a snack
something that is crisp
Origin of crisp
1Derived forms of crisp
- crisply, adverb
- crispness, noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with crisp
see burn to a cinder (crisp).
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