crisp

1. 1.

   make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; `crisp' is archaic

   “The dress got wrinkled”

   “crease the paper like this to make a crane”

   Synonymswrinklerucklecreasecrinklescrunchscrunch up

   Broaderfold

   Narrowerpucker

   archaism

2. 2.

   make brown and crisp by heating

   “toast bread”

   “crisp potatoes”

   Synonymscrispentoast

   Broaderheat

   cooking

1. 1.

   a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat

   Synonymschippotato chipSaratoga chip

   Broadersnack food

Other forms of crisp

plural

crisps·

past tense

crisped·

present participle

crisping·

comparative

crisper·

superlative

crispest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about crisp

What does crisp mean?

crisp means "(of something seen or heard) clearly defined". That is the primary sense; the word has 9 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in crisp?

crisp has 1 syllable: crisp. In IPA it is /ˈkɹɪsp/.

What is another word for crisp?

Close synonyms include sharp, crispy, frosty, nipping, nippy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is crisp a common word?

crisp is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.