crisp > define
noun
- A thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat.
- synonyms: chip, potato chip, Saratoga chip
verb
- Make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in.
- usage: "The dress got wrinkled"; "crease the paper like this to make a crane"
- Make brown and crisp by heating.
- usage: "toast bread"; "crisp potatoes"
adjective
- Of something seen or heard. ( clearly defined)
- usage: "a sharp photographic image"; "the sharp crack of a twig"; "the crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot"
- synonyms: sharp
- Tender and brittle.
- usage: "crisp potato chips"
- synonyms: crispy
- Pleasantly cold and invigorating.
- usage: "crisp clear nights and frosty mornings"; "a nipping wind"; "a nippy fall day"; "snappy weather"
- Pleasingly firm and fresh.
- usage: "crisp lettuce"
- Of hair. ( in small tight curls)
- Brief and to the point; effectively cut short.
- usage: "a crisp retort"; "a response so curt as to be almost rude"; "the laconic reply; `yes'"; "short and terse and easy to understand"
by WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
- (a.) Lively; sparking; effervescing.
- (a.) Curling in stiff curls or ringlets; as, crisp hair.
- (a.) Brisk; crackling; cheerful; lively.
- (n.) That which is crisp or brittle; the state of being crisp or brittle; as, burned to a crisp; specifically, the rind of roasted pork; crackling.
- (a.) Brittle; friable; in a condition to break with a short, sharp fracture; as, crisp snow.
- (a.) To make crisp or brittle, as in cooking.
- (a.) Possessing a certain degree of firmness and freshness; in a fresh, unwilted condition.
- (a.) To curl; to form into ringlets, as hair or the nap of cloth; to interweave, as the branches of trees.
- (v.i.) To undulate or ripple. Cf. Crisp, v. t.
- (a.) Curled with the ripple of the water.
- (a.) To cause to undulate irregularly, as crape or water; to wrinkle; to cause to ripple. Cf. Crimp.
by Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary