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Crisp   /krɪsp/   Listen
Crisp

adjective
1.
(of something seen or heard) clearly defined.  Synonym: sharp.  "The sharp crack of a twig" , "The crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot"
2.
Tender and brittle.  Synonym: crispy.
3.
Pleasantly cold and invigorating.  Synonyms: frosty, nipping, nippy, snappy.  "A nipping wind" , "A nippy fall day" , "Snappy weather"
4.
Pleasingly firm and fresh.
5.
(of hair) in small tight curls.  Synonyms: frizzly, frizzy, kinky, nappy.
6.
Brief and to the point; effectively cut short.  Synonyms: curt, laconic, terse.  "A response so curt as to be almost rude" , "The laconic reply; 'yes'" , "Short and terse and easy to understand"
noun
1.
A thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat.  Synonyms: chip, potato chip, Saratoga chip.
verb
(past & past part. crisped; pres. part. crisping)
1.
Make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in.  Synonyms: crease, crinkle, ruckle, scrunch, scrunch up, wrinkle.  "Crease the paper like this to make a crane"
2.
Make brown and crisp by heating.  Synonyms: crispen, toast.  "Crisp potatoes"



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"Crisp" Quotes from Famous Books



... came for his two hours with her in the little parlor, Ann, rid of her checked apron and her crisp pink frock saved from the grease of frying sparks, flew in from a ring at the doorbell with a good-sized special-delivery box from a silversmith, untying it with eager, fumbling fingers, her father laying aside his newspaper to venture three ...
— The Vertical City • Fannie Hurst

... at the young artist as he strode along, admiring his well-knit figure, his handsome boyish features chiseled as finely as a cameo, the crisp brown hair with a slight tendency to curl, his velvet jacket and flowing tie. Jack nodded and smiled at a familiar face now and then, or paused briefly to greet a male acquaintance; for the Latin Quarter had been his little world for three ...
— In Friendship's Guise • Wm. Murray Graydon

... right, I'll come back." He struck a match and looked at his watch. "We've been taking time enough. It's three-fifteen now. I'll walk along the top of the cut on the left-hand side, and you "—to the detective—"you take the other side. Keep within easy hail—" He paused abruptly. Through the crisp night air came the roll and snort of an engine. There was a long silence ...
— The Short Line War • Merwin-Webster

... shaped, they are stuck on the hot olla, being pressed against the sides, to which they adhere, and are left to bake. In baking, the edges curl up so that the cake, instead of being flat, is saucer-shaped. They are crisp and good. Leaving at four, we continued on the hot, deep, dusty road, but saw interesting plants and animals along the way. There were fine displays of the parasitic fig, from examples where the parasite was just beginning to embrace its victim, through cases ...
— In Indian Mexico (1908) • Frederick Starr

... glittering in the slant rays of the newly risen sun, and sounds of busy life came floating through the crisp air, telling the old man that the day's labor had begun. The sharp crack of the teamster's whip told that the great ox wagons were already afield. The plow-boys whistled as they led out their mules; men and short-skirted, heavily shod women went ...
— Plantation Sketches • Margaret Devereux


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