Meaning & Definition of Crisp in English

1. A thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat

1. Make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface

• Make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in

• "The dress got wrinkled"

• "Crease the paper like this to make a crane"

2. Make brown and crisp by heating

• "Toast bread"

• "Crisp potatoes"

1. (of something seen or heard) clearly defined

• "A sharp photographic image"

• "The sharp crack of a twig"

• "The crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot"

2. Tender and brittle

• "Crisp potato chips"

3. Pleasantly cold and invigorating

• "Crisp clear nights and frosty mornings"

• "A nipping wind"

• "A nippy fall day"

• "Snappy weather"

4. Pleasingly firm and fresh

• "Crisp lettuce"

5. (of hair) in small tight curls

6. 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"