adj., crisp·er, crisp·est.

1. Firm but easily broken or crumbled; brittle: crisp potato chips.
2. Pleasingly firm and fresh: crisp carrot and celery sticks.
3. 1. Bracing; invigorating: crisp mountain air.
   2. Lively; sprightly: music with a crisp rhythm.
4. Conspicuously clean or new: a crisp dollar bill.
5. Marked by clarity, conciseness, and briskness: a crisp reply. See synonyms at incisive.
6. Having small curls, waves, or ripples.

v., crisped, crisp·ing, crisps.

v.tr.

To make or keep crisp.

v.intr.

To become or remain crisp.

n.

1. Something crisp or easily crumbled: The roast was burned to a crisp.
2. A dessert of fruit baked with a sweet crumbly topping: apple crisp.
3. Chiefly British. A potato chip.

[Middle English, curly, from Old English, from Latin crispus.]

crisply crisp'ly adv.
crispness crisp'ness n.

v. To refresh vegetables such as celery and carrots by soaking them in ice water until they once again become crisp. Other foods, such as crackers that have lost their snap, may be heated in a moderate oven until their crispness returns.

adj

Definition: brittle, dry
Antonyms: flexible, limp, soft

adj

Definition: fresh, chilly
Antonyms: temperate, warm

adj

Definition: short, curt presentation
Antonyms: lengthy, long

adj

Definition: smart, snappy in appearance
Antonyms: ruffled, rumpled

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat
  Synonyms: chip, potato chip, Saratoga chip

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The verb crisp has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: make wrinkles or creases into a smooth surface
  Synonyms: wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up

Meaning #2: make brown and crisp by heating
  Synonym: toast

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The adjective crisp has 6 meanings:

Meaning #1: (of something seen or heard) clearly defined
  Synonym: sharp

Meaning #2: tender and brittle
  Synonym: crispy

Meaning #3: pleasantly cold and invigorating; (`parky' is a British term)
  Synonyms: frosty, nipping, nippy, snappy, parky

Meaning #4: pleasingly firm and fresh and making a crunching noise when chewed
  Synonyms: firm, crunchy

Meaning #5: in small tight curls
  Synonyms: frizzly, frizzy, kinky, nappy

Meaning #6: brief and to the point; effectively cut short; `yes'"
  Synonyms: curt, laconic, terse

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - sprød, frisk, resolut, stiv, knitrende, kruset
n. - fransk kartoffel, forkullet tilstand
v. tr. - gøre sprød, sprødstege
v. intr. - blive sprød, kruse, krølle sammen

Nederlands (Dutch)
(mv) chips, krokant, fris (weer), kernachtig, helder, kroezend, krokant maken (bakken), kroezen, friseren

Français (French)
adj. - fragile/cassant, croquant, croustillant, vivifiant (l'air), animé, stimulant, ondulé/ridé (l'eau, le sable)
n. - à point (une cuisson), (GB) (pommes) chips
v. tr. - rendre/devenir croustillant
v. intr. - rendre/devenir croustillant

Deutsch (German)
v. - aufbacken, knusprig werden, (sich) kräuseln
adj. - frisch, knapp, knusperig, knackig, gekräuselt
n. - Chip

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - κατσαρώνω, φριζάρω ή κρεπάρω μαλλιά, (μαγειρ.) ξεροψήνω, φρυγανίζω
adj. - κολλαριστός, τραγανιστός, ξεροτηγανισμένος, τριζάτος, σγουρός, κατσαρός, κοφτός, σταράτος, τσουχτερός, ξεκάθαρος, ευδιάκριτος
n. - τηγανητό πατατάκι, τσιπ

Italiano (Italian)
arricciare, arricciarsi, incisivo, croccante, patatine fritte

Português (Portuguese)
v. - encrespar (cabelo)
adj. - crespo, quebradiço, tostado
n. - batatas (f pl) fritas (em lascas finas tipo chips)

Русский (Russian)
хрустящий, краткий

Español (Spanish)
adj. - claro, preciso, tajante, crujiente, fresco, crocante
n. - rizo, sortija
v. tr. - encrespar, rizar
v. intr. - volver crocante, ensortijarse, rizarse

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - göra/bli knaprig, krusa/krulla sig
adj. - knaprig, frisk o kylig, fast, kort och koncis, skarp, livlig, prasslande (om sedel), krusig
n. - chips (britt.)

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
脆的, 松脆的, 酥的, 清新的, 凉爽的, 鲜嫩的, 干脆的, 干净利落的, 油炸马铃薯片, 钞票, 松脆之物, 使卷曲, 使发脆, 把...烘脆, 使起皱, 使起波纹, 卷曲, 起波纹, 冻硬, 发脆

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 脆的, 松脆的, 酥的, 清新的, 涼爽的, 鮮嫩的, 乾脆的, 乾淨利落的
n. - 油炸馬鈴薯片, 鈔票, 鬆脆之物
v. tr. - 使捲曲, 使發脆, 把...烘脆, 使起皺, 使起波紋
v. intr. - 捲曲, 起波紋, 凍硬, 發脆

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 파삭파삭한, 분명한, 서늘한
n. - 파삭파삭한 포테이토칩, 빳빳한 지폐, 부숴지기 쉬운 물건
v. tr. - 파삭파삭하게 하다, 땅이 꽁꽁 얼다
v. intr. - 파삭파삭하게 되다, 땅이 꽁꽁 얼게 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ぱりぱりする
adj. - パリパリする, パリパリ音がする, さわやかな, こぎれいな, てきぱきした, きびきびした, くるくる巻いた, 細かく縮れた
v. - 縮らせる, 波立たせる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) حمص, حمر, جعد (صفه) صلب و لكنه سهل الكسر, طازج, (جو) بارد و نشط, واضح, حازم, هش, سريع, بارع (الاسم) رقائق البطاطا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮פריך, טרי, רענן, קר, חד, מהיר, מתולתל, ברור‬
n. - ‮טוגן תפוח-אדמה, שבב של תפוחי-אדמה מטוגנים (צ'יפס)‬
v. tr. - ‮עשה פריך‬
v. intr. - ‮התקשה‬

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