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Crisp  Word Origin Pleasantly Dry Bre Verb Krɪsp

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adjective, noun, verb
BrE /krɪsp/
NAmE /krɪsp/
adjective
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(crisp•er, crisp•est)(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 cloth) 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.
crisp•ly
/BrE krɪspli; NAmE krɪsp/ adverb
crisply fried potatoes
‘Take a seat,’ she said crisply.
crisp•ness
/BrE krɪspnəs; NAmE krɪsp/ noun [uncountable]
The salad had lost its crispness.

noun
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1 (also poˌtato ˈcrisp) (both BrE)
(NAmE chip, poˈtato 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.
2 (NAmE)
(BrE crum•ble /BrE

; NAmE /) [uncountable, countable] a dessert (= a sweet dish) made from fruit that is covered with a rough mixture of flour, butter and sugar, cooked in the oven and usually served hot
apple crisp
see burn sth to a cinder/crisp at burn v.
verb
 verb forms
 word origin
[intransitive, transitive] ~ (sth)
to become or make sth crisp

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