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* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|хрупкав}}, {{t|bg|хрускав}}, {{t+|bg|ронлив}} |
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|хрупкав}}, {{t|bg|хрускав}}, {{t+|bg|ронлив}} |
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* Finnish: {{t+|fi|rapea}} |
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* German: {{t+|de|spröde}} |
* German: {{t+|de|spröde}} |
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* Maori: {{t|mi|pakapaka}}, {{t|mi|pūkatakata }} |
* Maori: {{t|mi|pakapaka}}, {{t|mi|pūkatakata }} |
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* Russian: {{t+|ru|хру́пкий}} |
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* French: {{t+|fr|croustillant}}, {{t+|fr|croquant}} |
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* German: {{t+|de|knackig}}, {{t+|de|knusprig}} |
* German: {{t+|de|knackig}}, {{t+|de|knusprig}} |
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* Irish: {{t|ga|úrbhriosc}} ''(of fruit and vegetables)'' |
* Irish: {{t|ga|úrbhriosc}} ''(of fruit and vegetables)'' |
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* Maori: {{t|mi|pakepakē }} |
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* Russian: {{t+|ru|све́жий}} |
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Revision as of 03:41, 24 March 2019
See also: Crisp
English
Etymology
From Middle English crisp (“curly”), from Old English crisp (“curly”), from Latin crispus (“curly”). Doublet of crêpe.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
crisp (comparative crisper, superlative crispest)
- (of something seen or heard) Sharp, clearly defined.
- This new television set has a very crisp image.
- Brittle; friable; in a condition to break with a short, sharp fracture.
- The crisp snow crunched underfoot.
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- Possessing a certain degree of firmness and freshness.
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- (of weather, air etc.) Dry and cold.
- (of movement, action etc.) Quick and accurate.
- 2010 December 29, Sam Sheringham, “Liverpool 0 - 1 Wolverhampton”, in BBC[1]:
- Stephen Ward's crisp finish from Sylvan Ebanks-Blake's pass 11 minutes into the second half proved enough to give Mick McCarthy's men a famous victory.
- (of talk, text, etc.) Brief and to the point.
- An expert, given a certain query, will often come up with a crisp answer: “yes” or “no”.
- 1999, John Hampton, Lisa Emerson, Writing Guidelines for Postgraduate Science Students (page 130)
- Another way of writing the last example is 'She brought along her favourite food which is chocolate cake' but this is less concise: colons can give your writing lean, crisp style.
- 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XV, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
- It was plain that the loss of Phyllis Mills, goofy though she unquestionably was, had hit him a shrewd wallop, and I presumed that he was coming to me for sympathy and heart balm, which I would have been only too pleased to dish out. I hoped, of course, that he would make it crisp and remove himself at an early date, for when the moment came for the balloon to go up I didn't want to be hampered by an audience. When you're pushing someone into a lake, nothing embarrasses you more than having the front seats filled up with goggling spectators.
- (of wine) having a refreshing amount of acidity; having less acidity than green wine, but more than a flabby one.
- (obsolete) Lively; sparking; effervescing.
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- (dated) Curling in stiff curls or ringlets.
- crisp hair
- (obsolete) Curled by the ripple of water.
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- (computing theory) Not using fuzzy logic; based on a binary distinction between true and false.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
sharp, clearly defined
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brittle, friable
possessing a degree of firmness and freshness
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of weather: dry and cold
of movement or action: quick and accurate
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brief and to the point
of wine: having a refreshing amount of acidity
lively, sparking, effervescing
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curling in stiff ringlets
curled by the ripple of water
comptheory: not using fuzzy logic
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Translations to be checked
Noun
crisp (plural crisps)
- (British) A thin slice of fried potato eaten as a snack.
- 2016, Steve Coogan, Neil Gibbons & Rob Gibbons, Alan Partridge: Nomad, page 44:
- As I sit in front of the TV angrily eating crisps, it comes to me. I will challenge her to a race.
- A baked dessert made with fruit and crumb topping
- (food) Anything baked or fried and eaten as a snack
- kale crisps
Synonyms
- (US): potato chip, potato crisp.
Translations
thin slice of potato — see potato crisp
Verb
crisp (third-person singular simple present crisps, present participle crisping, simple past and past participle crisped)
- (transitive) To make crisp.
- to crisp bacon by frying it
- (intransitive) To become crisp.
- (transitive, dated) To curl; to form into ringlets, for example hair, or the nap of cloth
- (transitive, dated) to interweave, like the branches of trees.
- (intransitive, archaic) To undulate or ripple.
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- (transitive, archaic) To cause to undulate irregularly, as crape or water; to wrinkle; to cause to ripple.
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Derived terms
terms derived from crisp (verb)
Translations
To make crisp
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