| Noun | 1. | crisp - a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fatsnack food - food for light meals or for eating between meals | |
| Verb | 1. | crisp - make wrinkles or creases into a smooth surface; "The dress got wrinkled"fold, fold up, turn up - bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar" | |
| 2. | crisp - make brown and crisp by heating; "toast bread"; "crisp potatoes"cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" | |
| Adj. | 1. | crisp - (of something seen or heard) clearly defined; "a sharp photographic image"; "the sharp crack of a twig"; "the crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot"distinct - easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined; "a distinct flavor"; "a distinct odor of turpentine"; "a distinct outline"; "the ship appeared as a distinct silhouette"; "distinct fingerprints" | |
| 2. | crisp - tender and brittle; "crisp potato chips"tender - easy to cut or chew; "tender beef" | |
| 3. | crisp - pleasantly cold and invigorating; "crisp clear nights and frosty mornings"; "a nipping wind"; "a nippy fall day"; "snappy weather"; (`parky' is a British term)cold - used of physical coldness; having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration; "a cold climate"; "a cold room"; "dinner has gotten cold"; "cold fingers"; "if you are cold, turn up the heat"; "a cold beer" | |
| 4. | crisp - pleasingly firm and fresh and making a crunching noise when chewed; "crisp carrot and celery sticks"; "a firm apple"; "crunchy lettuce"fresh - not stale or old; "fresh bread"; "a fresh scent" | |
| 5. | crisp - in small tight curlscurly - (of hair) having curls or waves; "they envied her naturally curly hair" | |
| 6. | crisp - 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"concise - expressing much in few words; "a concise explanation" | |