Crisp food is usually crunchy and fresh, like a newly opened bag of potato chips.
When we talk about something being crisp, it often means that it has a nice sharp sound or feel to it. Imagine biting into a crunchy apple - it's crisp! You can also use the word "crisp" to describe the air on a clear autumn day when everything feels fresh and clean. In this case, the weather is crisp, meaning there's no fog or haze. The word can also be used as an adjective for food that's been fried until it's golden brown and crunchy, like french fries.
How common is "crisp"?
Word crisp is considered uncommon in modern English. It has a balanced usage among all categories: speech, fiction, newspapers and academic texts.
Definitions
noun
A thin slice of fried potato eaten as a snack.
A baked dessert made with fruit and crumb topping
Anything baked or fried and eaten as a snack
Example: kale crisps
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verb
To make crisp.
Example: to crisp bacon by frying it
To become crisp.
Example: to put celery into ice water to crisp
To cause to curl or wrinkle (of the leaves or petals of plants, for example); to form into ringlets or tight curls (of hair).
To become curled.
To cause to undulate irregularly (of water); to cause to ripple.
To undulate or ripple.
To wrinkle, contort or tense (a part of one's body).
To become contorted or tensed (of a part of the body).
To interweave (of the branches of trees).
To make a sharp or harsh sound.
To colour (something with highlights); to add small amounts of colour to (something).
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adjective
(of something seen or heard) Sharp, clearly defined.
Example: This new television set has a very crisp image.
Brittle; friable; in a condition to break with a short, sharp fracture.
Example: The crisp snow crunched underfoot.
Possessing a certain degree of firmness and freshness.
(of weather, air etc.) Dry and cold.
(of movement, action etc.) Quick and accurate.
(of talk, text, etc.) Brief and to the point.
Example: An expert, given a certain query, will often come up with a crisp answer: “yes” or “no”.
(of wine) having a refreshing amount of acidity; having less acidity than green wine, but more than a flabby one.
Lively; sparking; effervescing.
Curling in stiff curls or ringlets.
Example: crisp hair
Curled by the ripple of water.
Not using fuzzy logic; based on a binary distinction between true and false.
