crisp
a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
chip, potato chip, Saratoga chip
• Derivationally related forms:
crispy
• Hypernyms:
snack food
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
• Syn:
wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up
• Derivationally related forms:
crinkle (for: crinkle), crease (for: crease), wrinkle (for: wrinkle)
• Hypernyms:
fold, fold up, turn up
• Hyponyms:
pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit,
ruck, ruck up
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. make brown and crisp by heating
- toast bread
- crisp potatoes
• Syn:
crispen, toast
• Derivationally related forms:
toast (for: toast), toaster (for: toast), toasting (for: toast)
• Topics:
cooking, cookery, preparation
• Hypernyms:
heat, heat up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
1. (of something seen or heard) clearly defined (Freq. 3)
- a sharp photographic image
- the sharp crack of a twig
- the crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot
• Syn:
sharp
• Similar to:
distinct
• Derivationally related forms:
sharpness (for: sharp)
2. tender and brittle
- crisp potato chips
• Syn:
crispy
• Similar to:
tender
• Derivationally related forms:
crisp (for: crispy), crispiness (for: crispy), crispness
3. pleasantly cold and invigorating
- crisp clear nights and frosty mornings
- a nipping wind
- a nippy fall day
- snappy weather
• Syn:
frosty, nipping, nippy, snappy
• Similar to:
cold
• Derivationally related forms:
snap (for: snappy), nip (for: nippy), frost (for: frosty), frostiness (for: frosty)
4. pleasingly firm and fresh
- crisp lettuce
• Similar to:
fresh
• Derivationally related forms:
crispness
5. (of hair) in small tight curls
• Syn:
frizzly, frizzy, kinky, nappy
• Similar to:
curly
• Derivationally related forms:
nap (for: nappy), frizz (for: frizzy)
6. 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
• Syn:
curt, laconic, terse
• Similar to:
concise
• Derivationally related forms:
terseness (for: terse), crispness
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