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crisp in WordNet English dictionary
noun- a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat
chip crisp potato chip Saratoga chip
verb- 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"
wrinkle ruckle crease crinkle scrunch scrunch up crisp
- make brown and crisp by heating
"toast bread"; "crisp potatoes"
crispen toast crisp
adjective- pleasantly cold and invigorating
"crisp clear nights and frosty mornings"; "a nipping wind"; "a nippy fall day"; "snappy weather"
crisp frosty nipping nippy snappy
- 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"
crisp curt laconic terse
- (of hair) in small tight curls
crisp frizzly frizzy kinky nappy
- (of something seen or heard) clearly defined
"a sharp photographic image"; "the sharp crack of a twig"; "the crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot"
crisp sharp
- pleasingly firm and fresh
"crisp lettuce"
crisp
- tender and brittle
"crisp potato chips"
crisp crispy
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University