adjective, noun, verb
adjective (crisper, crispest) (usually approving)
1 (of food) (also crispy) pleasantly hard and dry:
Bake until the pastry is golden and crisp.
2 (of fruit and vegetables) (also crispy) firm and fresh:
a crisp apple / lettuce
3 (of paper or fabric) fresh and clean; new and slightly stiff without any folds in it:
a crisp new $5 bill * a crisp white shirt
4 (of the air or the weather) pleasantly dry and cold:
a crisp winter morning * The air was crisp and clear and the sky was blue.
5 (of snow, leaves, etc.) firm or dry and making a pleasant noise when crushed:
deep, crisp snow
6 (of sounds, images, etc.) pleasantly clear and sharp:
The recording sounds very crisp, considering its age.
7 (sometimes disapproving) (of a person's way of speaking) quick and confident in a way that suggests that the person is busy or is not being friendly:
Her answer was crisp, and she gave no details.
crisply adverb:
crisply fried potatoes * 'Take a seat,' she said crisply.
crispness noun [U]:
The salad had lost its crispness.
Part of speech: noun
(also potato crisp) (both BrE) (AmE chip, potato chip) a thin round slice of potato that is fried until hard then dried and eaten cold. Crisps are sold in bags and have many different flavours.
IDIOMS see BURNv.
verb [V, VN] to become or make sth crisp
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is crisp a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, crisp is tagged as noun.
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