crisp

Significat (Anglès)

Adj

1. Sharp, clearly defined.
2. Brittle; friable; in a condition to break with a short, sharp fracture.
3. Possessing a certain degree of firmness and freshness.
4. Dry and cool.
5. Quick and accurate.
6. Brief and to the point.
7. Having a refreshing amount of acidity; having less acidity than green wine, but more than a flabby one.
8. Lively; sparking; effervescing.
9. Curling in stiff curls or ringlets.
10. (obsolete) Curled by the ripple of water.
11. Not using fuzzy logic; based on a binary distinction between true and false.
12. Starched and pressed (ironed).

Noun

1. A very thin slice of potato that has been deep fried, typically packaged and sold as a snack.
2. (colloquial) A crunchy, savoury snack food made from potato starch, cornmeal or other starchy cereal grain, packaged and eaten similarly to the above.
3. A baked dessert made with fruit and crumb topping
4. Anything baked or fried in thin slices and eaten as a snack.

Verb

1. To make crisp.
2. To become crisp.
3. To cause to curl or wrinkle (of the leaves or petals of plants, for example); to form into ringlets or tight curls (of hair).
4. To become curled.
5. To cause to undulate irregularly (of water); to cause to ripple.
6. To undulate or ripple.
7. To wrinkle, contort or tense (a part of one's body).
8. To become contorted or tensed (of a part of the body).
9. To interweave (of the branches of trees).
10. To make a sharp or harsh sound.
11. To colour (something with highlights); to add small amounts of colour to (something).

Sinònims

brittle

crunchy

crispy

terse

potato chip

chip

frizzy

crimp

fragile

curly

sharp

curl

brisk

nipping

curt

crinkle

nippy

frail

snappy

breakable

stiff

frangible

fresh

frizz

frizzly

frosty

bright

clear

wrinkle

easily broken

laconic

crispen

dry

short

caller

precise

pungent

scrunch

crease

nappy

ruckle

scrunch up

keen

kinky

firm

frizzle

lively

refreshing

trenchant

toast

Saratoga chip

crumbly

friable

lightsome

live

lucid

luculent

lurid

mercurial

mordacious

mordant

neat

new

🆕

original

peaked

peaky

peppy

perceptive

perky

perspicacious

perspicuous

piercing

piquant

pithy

pleasant

poignant

pointed

quick

quick-witted

racy

ready

recent

salty

sensitive

shaving

shrill

slick

smart

spicy

spiky

splint

staccato

stocky

straightforward

⬆️

strident

strong

succinct

sweet

tart

tender

thickset

turning

unambiguous

unequivocal

univocal

up-to-date

vibrant

vivacious

vivid

volatile

warm

☀️

wave

👋

woolly

zippy

acuate

frank

fulgurating

shattery

friz

short and sweet

fast-breaking

refreshful

unsoured

riveling

chip

good

👍

potato chip

acerb

acerbic

acute

agreeable

articulate

beaked

biting

bobbish

bold

bouncing

bracing

breezy

buoyant

buxom

cartilaginous

cheery

chipper

chips

clipped

cold

🥶

concise

corrugate

cracking

crackle

crackling

crimpy

crinkling

crinkly

crispate

crisply

crunch

curled

cutting

dapper

dashing

discriminative

explicit

flake

flaky

flaky pastry

fly

✈️

frisky

fuzzed

gay

goffer

grig

hot

🥵

incisive

ingenious

jaunty

lifting

light

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/kɹɪsp/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: crisp

Heretat de anglès antic: crisp

In summary

From Middle English crisp (“curly”), from Old English crisp (“curly”), from Latin crispus (“curly”). Doublet of crape and crepe.