About The Word Crisp
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Crisp
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What's The Definition Of Crisp?
[n] a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat
[adj] 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" [adj] (of something seen or heard) clearly defined; "a sharp photographic image"; "the sharp crack of a twig"; "the crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot" [adj] in small tight curls [adj] pleasingly firm and fresh and making a crunching noise when chewed; "crisp carrot and celery sticks"; "a firm apple"; "crunchy lettuce" [adj] pleasantly cold and invigorating; "crisp clear nights and frosty mornings"; "a nipping wind"; "a nippy fall day"; "snappy weather"; (`parky' is a British term) [adj] tender and brittle; "crisp potato chips" [v] make brown and crisp by heating; "toast bread" [v] make wrinkles or creases into a smooth surface; "The dress got wrinkled" Synonyms | Synonyms for Crisp: chip | cold | concise | crease | crinkle | crispy | crunchy | curly | curt | distinct | firm | fresh | frizzly | frizzy | frosty | kinky | laconic | nappy | nipping | nippy | parky | potato chip | ruckle | Saratoga chip | scrunch | scrunch up | sharp | snappy | tender | terse | toast | wrinkle Related Terms | Find terms related to Crisp: abbreviated | abridged | algid | aphoristic | aposiopestic | arctic | axiomatic | below zero | biting | bitter | bitterly cold | bleak | boreal | bracing | breakable | brief | brisk | brittle | brittle as glass | brumal | brusque | cheering | chip | clean-cut | clear | clear as crystal | clear as day | clear-cut | clipped | close | coherent | coil | cold | cold as charity | cold as death | cold as ice | cold as marble | compact | compendious | compressed | concise | condensed | connected | consistent | contracted | cordial | crackable | crease | crimp | crinkly | crisped | crispy | crumbly | crump | crushable | crystal-clear | crystalline | curl | curled | curly | curt | cut | cutting | defined | definite | delicate | direct | distinct | docked | dog-ear | double | double over | elliptic | energizing | enfold | epigrammatic | exhilarating | explicit | express | fissile | flimsy | flounce | flute | fold | fold over | formulaic | formulistic | fracturable | fragile | frail | frangible | freezing | freezing cold | fresh | friable | frigid | frill | frizzed | frizzly | frizzy | gather | gelid | glacial | gnomic | hibernal | hiemal | hyperborean | ice-cold | ice-encrusted | icelike | icy | inclement | infold | ingoing | interfold | invigorating | keen | kink | kinked | kinky | lacerable | laconic | lap over | limpid | loud and clear | lucid | luminous | nipping | nippy | numbing | pellucid | penetrating | perspicuous | piercing | pinching | pithy | plain | plait | plat | platitudinous | pleat | plicate | ply | pointed | proverbial | provoking | pruned | pulverizable | pulverulent | pungent | quill | raw | refreshful | refreshing | regaling | reserved | rigorous | rousing | ruff | ruffle | scissile | sententious | severe | sharp | shatterable | shattery | shivery | short | short and sweet | shortened | Siberian | simple | sleety | slushy | snappy | Spartan | splintery | stimulating | stone-cold | straightforward | subzero | succinct | summary | supercooled | synopsized | taciturn | terse | tight | to the point | tonic | translucent | transparent | transpicuous | trenchant | triturable | truncated | tuck | turn over | twill | unambiguous | unconfused | unequivocal | univocal | unmistakable | vulnerable | well-defined | winterbound | winterlike | wintery | wintry | zestful | zesty See Also | cockle | crumple | fold | fold up | heat | heat up | knit | pucker | ruck | ruck up | rumple | snack food | turn up Crisp In Webster's Dictionary \Crisp\ (kr?sp), a. [AS. crisp, fr. L. crispus; cf.
carpere to pluck, card (wool), and E. harvest. Cf. {Crape}.]
1. Curling in stiff curls or ringlets; as, crisp hair.
2. Curled with the ripple of the water. [Poetic]
You nymphs called Naiads, of the winding brooks . .
. Leave jour crisp channels. --Shak.
3. Brittle; friable; in a condition to break with a short,
sharp fracture; as, crisp snow.
The cakes at tea ate short and crisp. --Goldsmith.
4. Possessing a certain degree of firmness and freshness; in
a fresh, unwilted condition.
It [laurel] has been plucked nine months, and yet
looks as hale and crisp as if it would last ninety
years. --Leigh Hunt.
5. Lively; sparking; effervescing.
Your neat crisp claret. --Beau. & Fl.
6. Brisk; crackling; cheerful; lively.
The snug, small room, and the crisp fire. --Dickens.
\Crisp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crisped} (kr?spt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crisping}.] [L. crispare, fr. crispus. See {Crisp}. a. ] 1. To curl; to form into ringlets, as hair, or the nap of cloth; to interweave, as the branches of trees. 2. To cause to undulate irregularly, as crape or water; to wrinkle; to cause to ripple. Cf. {Crimp}. The lover with the myrtle sprays Adorns his crisped tresses. --Drayton. Along the crisped shades and bowers. --Milton. The crisped brooks, Rolling on orient pearl and sands of gold. --Milton. 3. To make crisp or brittle, as in cooking. {Crisping iron}, an instrument by which hair or any textile fabric is crisped. {Crisping pin}, the simplest form of crisping iron. --Is. iii. 22. \Crisp\, v. i. To undulate or ripple. Cf. {Crisp}, v. t. To watch the crisping ripples on the beach. --Tennuson. \Crisp\, 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. |
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