Crisp

Adjective

 * 1)  Sharp, clearly defined.
 * 2) * This new television set has a very crisp image.
 * 3) Curling in stiff curls or ringlets; as, crisp hair.
 * 4) Curled with a ripple of water.
 * 5) Brittle; friable; in a condition to break with a short, sharp fracture; as, crisp snow.
 * 6) Possessing a certain degree of firmness and freshness; in a fresh, unwilted condition.
 * 7) Of weather, air etc.: dry and cold.
 * 8)  Quick and accurate.
 * 9)  Brief and to the point. (Esp. in make it crisp.)
 * 10) * It is better to understand the question clearly, pause for a little thinking and give a crisp answer.
 * 11) * If we ask an expert about a certain query, this expert will often come up with a crisp answer (“yes” or “no”).
 * 12) Lively; sparking; effervescing.
 * 13) Brisk; crackling; cheerful; lively.
 * 14) Of wine: having a refreshing amount of acidity; having less acidity than green wine, but more than a flabby one.
 * 1) Brisk; crackling; cheerful; lively.
 * 2) Of wine: having a refreshing amount of acidity; having less acidity than green wine, but more than a flabby one.

Derived terms

 * crisply
 * crispness


 * crispy

Related terms

 * crispate
 * crispated


 * crispation

Noun

 * 1)  A thin slice of fried potato eaten as a snack.

Synonyms

 * potato chip.

Verb

 * 1)  To make crisp.
 * 2)  To become crisp.

Thesaurus
Siberian, Spartan, 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, simple, sleety, slushy, snappy, 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

Etymology
From crisp:, from  crisp:, from  crispus:

Adjective

 * Bulgarian:


 * Russian: кудрявый


 * Bulgarian: ,


 * Bulgarian: хрупкав, хрускав, ронлив


 * Russian: хрупкий


 * Bulgarian: ,


 * Russian:


 * Scottish Gaelic:


 * Bulgarian:


 * Bulgarian: ,


 * Russian:


 * Portuguese: crocante (1), congelante (3), fresco (4), borbulhante, efervecente (5), alegre, animado, festivo (6)

Noun

 * Bulgarian: чипс
 * German:


 * Greek: πατατάκι
 * Portuguese: batata frita

Verb

 * Bulgarian: правя ронлив

Derived terms

 * crispen


 * crisper

Anagrams

 * Crips
 * scrip