noun
- A thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat.
- synonyms: chip, potato chip, Saratoga chip
verb
- Make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in.
- usage: "The dress got wrinkled"; "crease the paper like this to make a crane"
- Make brown and crisp by heating.
- usage: "toast bread"; "crisp potatoes"
adjective
- Of something seen or heard. ( clearly defined)
- usage: "a sharp photographic image"; "the sharp crack of a twig"; "the crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot"
- synonyms: sharp
- Tender and brittle.
- usage: "crisp potato chips"
- synonyms: crispy
- Pleasantly cold and invigorating.
- usage: "crisp clear nights and frosty mornings"; "a nipping wind"; "a nippy fall day"; "snappy weather"
- Pleasingly firm and fresh.
- usage: "crisp lettuce"
- Of hair. ( in small tight curls)
- Brief and to the point; effectively cut short.
- usage: "a crisp retort"; "a response so curt as to be almost rude"; "the laconic reply; `yes'"; "short and terse and easy to understand"
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