crisp

adjective

/krɪsp/

(comparative crisper, superlative crispest)

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(approving) (of food)
(also crispy)
pleasantly hard and dry
- Bake until the pastry is golden and crisp.
- When fried, the bacon rind becomes crisp and brown.
Wordfinder
- chewy
- creamy
- crisp
- crunchy
- greasy
- juicy
- mushy
- rubbery
- tender
- tough
Topics Cooking and eatingc1
(also crispy)
(approving) (of fruit and vegetables) fairly hard and fresh
- a crisp apple/lettuce
(approving) (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
- The sheets looked clean and crisp.
(approving) (of the air or the weather) pleasantly dry and cold
- It was a crisp winter morning.
- The air was crisp and clear and the sky was blue.
Extra Examples
- The air was crisp and fresh.
- She stepped out into the crisp night air.
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(approving) (of snow, leaves, etc.) hard or dry and making a pleasant noise under pressure
- deep, crisp snow
(approving) (of sounds, images, etc.) pleasantly clear and sharp
- The recording sounds very crisp, considering its age.
(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.
Topics Personal qualitiesc2

Word OriginOld English (referring to hair in the sense ‘curly’): from Latin crispus ‘curled’. Other senses may result from symbolic interpretation of the sound of the word.

crisp

noun

/krɪsp/

Idioms

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(also potato crisp)
(both British English)
(North American English chip, potato chip)
[countable] a thin round slice of potato that is fried until hard then dried and eaten cold. Crisps are sold in bags and are made to taste of many different foods.
- a packet of smoky bacon crisps
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Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- potato
- plain
- cheese and onion
- …
… of crisps
- bag
- packet
verb + crisp
- eat
crisp + noun
- bag
- packet
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(North American English)
(British English crumble
/ˈkrʌmbl/

/ˈkrʌmbl/
)
[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

Word OriginOld English (referring to hair in the sense ‘curly’): from Latin crispus ‘curled’. Other senses may result from symbolic interpretation of the sound of the word.

Idioms

burn (something) to a cinder/crisp

to become completely burnt, especially because it has been cooked for too long
- By the time I got home, the cake was burnt to a cinder.
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- The tower was struck by lightning and was burned to a cinder.
- I like my steak burnt to a cinder on the outside and blood red and juicy inside.

crisp

verb

/krɪsp/

[transitive, intransitive]

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they crisp	/krɪsp/ /krɪsp/
he / she / it crisps	/krɪsps/ /krɪsps/
past simple crisped	/krɪspt/ /krɪspt/
past participle crisped	/krɪspt/ /krɪspt/
-ing form crisping	/ˈkrɪspɪŋ/ /ˈkrɪspɪŋ/

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crisp (something) to give food a crisp surface by putting it in an oven or under a grill; to develop a crisp surface in this way
- Crisp the pastry in the oven.
- Cook until the bacon starts to crisp.
Word OriginOld English (referring to hair in the sense ‘curly’): from Latin crispus ‘curled’. Other senses may result from symbolic interpretation of the sound of the word.

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