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crisp

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crisp in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  1. a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat
    chip  crisp  potato chip  Saratoga chip 
verb
  1. 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 
  2. make brown and crisp by heating
    "toast bread"; "crisp potatoes"
    crispen  toast  crisp 
adjective
  1. pleasantly cold and invigorating
    "crisp clear nights and frosty mornings"; "a nipping wind"; "a nippy fall day"; "snappy weather"
    crisp  frosty  nipping  nippy  snappy 
  2. 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 
  3. (of hair) in small tight curls
    crisp  frizzly  frizzy  kinky  nappy 
  4. (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 
  5. pleasingly firm and fresh
    "crisp lettuce"
    crisp 
  6. tender and brittle
    "crisp potato chips"
    crisp  crispy 
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