crisp

Etymology
From, from , from. .

Adjective

 * 1)  Sharp, clearly defined.
 * 2) Brittle; friable; in a condition to break with a short, sharp fracture.
 * 3) Possessing a certain degree of firmness and freshness.
 * 4)  Dry and cold.
 * 5)  Quick and accurate.
 * 6)  Brief and to the point.
 * 7)  Having a refreshing amount of acidity; having less acidity than green wine, but more than a flabby one.
 * 8) Lively; sparking; effervescing.
 * 9)  Curling in stiff curls or ringlets.
 * 10)  Curled by the ripple of water.
 * 11)  Not using fuzzy logic; based on a binary distinction between true and false.
 * 12)  Starched and pressed (ironed).
 * 1)  Having a refreshing amount of acidity; having less acidity than green wine, but more than a flabby one.
 * 2) Lively; sparking; effervescing.
 * 3)  Curling in stiff curls or ringlets.
 * 4)  Curled by the ripple of water.
 * 5)  Not using fuzzy logic; based on a binary distinction between true and false.
 * 6)  Starched and pressed (ironed).
 * 1)  Curled by the ripple of water.
 * 2)  Not using fuzzy logic; based on a binary distinction between true and false.
 * 3)  Starched and pressed (ironed).
 * 1)  Not using fuzzy logic; based on a binary distinction between true and false.
 * 2)  Starched and pressed (ironed).

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Maori: ngangahu
 * Russian: ,


 * Bulgarian: хрупкав, хрускав,
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Irish: briosc
 * Maori: pakapaka, pūkatakata
 * Ottoman Turkish: یوفقه
 * Plautdietsch: jalsta
 * Russian:


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: úrbhriosc (of fruit and vegetables), briosc
 * Maori: pakepakē, pakē, mato
 * Plautdietsch: reesch
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish: ,


 * Finnish:
 * Ingrian: kirmiä
 * Irish: úr
 * Scottish Gaelic: fionnar
 * Turkish: ayazlı


 * Finnish: ,


 * Finnish:, ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * Portuguese: borbulhante,
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: säkkärä,, kähäräinen
 * Italian:
 * Russian:, ,


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Russian: покрытый рябью
 * Turkish:


 * German:
 * Portuguese: (1),  (3),  (4),, ,  (6)

Noun

 * 1)  A very thin slice of potato that has been deep fried, typically packaged and sold as a snack.
 * 2)  A crunchy, savoury snack food made from potato starch, cornmeal or other starchy cereal grain, packaged and eaten similarly to the above.
 * 3) A baked dessert made with fruit and crumb topping
 * 4)  Anything baked or fried in thin slices and eaten as a snack.
 * 1)  A crunchy, savoury snack food made from potato starch, cornmeal or other starchy cereal grain, packaged and eaten similarly to the above.
 * 2) A baked dessert made with fruit and crumb topping
 * 3)  Anything baked or fried in thin slices and eaten as a snack.
 * 1)  Anything baked or fried in thin slices and eaten as a snack.
 * 1)  Anything baked or fried in thin slices and eaten as a snack.

Verb

 * 1)  To make crisp.
 * 2) * c. 1752,, English Housewifry, Leeds: James Lister, “To make Hare Soop,” p.6,
 * put it into a Dish, with a little stew’d Spinage, crisp’d Bread, and a few forc’d-meat Balls.
 * 1)  To become crisp.
 * 2)  To cause to curl or wrinkle (of the leaves or petals of plants, for example); to form into ringlets or tight curls (of hair).
 * 3) * 1609, , 4.5,
 * the brimme therof was as it were the brimme of a chalice, or of a crisped lilie:
 * 1) * 1630,, The Muses Elizium, London: John Waterson, “The Description of Elizium,” The fift Nimphall, p.44,
 * The Louer with the Myrtle Sprayes
 * Adornes his crisped Tresses:
 * 1)  To become curled.
 * 2)  To cause to undulate irregularly (of water); to cause to ripple.
 * 3) * 1818,, , Canto4, London: John Murray, stanza53, p.29,
 * I would not their vile breath should crisp the stream
 * Wherein that image shall for ever dwell;
 * 1)  To undulate or ripple.
 * 2) * 1630, (translator), Certaine selected epistles of , Saint-Omer: The English College Press, “The Epitaphe of S. Paula,” p.96,
 * Hitherto we haue sayled with a fore-wind, & our sliding ship hath plowed vp the crisping waues of the Sea at ease.
 * 1) * 1832,, “The Lotos-Eaters,” Choric Song, V., in Poems, London: Moxon, p.114,
 * To watch the crisping ripples on the beach,
 * And tender curving lines of creamy spray:
 * 1)  To wrinkle, contort or tense (a part of one's body).
 * 2)  To become contorted or tensed (of a part of the body).
 * 3)  To interweave (of the branches of trees).
 * 4)  To make a sharp or harsh sound.
 * 5) * 1915, (as Richard Dehan), “A Dish of Macaroni” in Off Sandy Hook, New York: Frederick A. Stokes, p.39,
 * her light footsteps and crisping draperies retreated along the passage,
 * 1)  To colour (something with highlights); to add small amounts of colour to (something).
 * 1) * 1818,, , Canto4, London: John Murray, stanza53, p.29,
 * I would not their vile breath should crisp the stream
 * Wherein that image shall for ever dwell;
 * 1)  To undulate or ripple.
 * 2) * 1630, (translator), Certaine selected epistles of , Saint-Omer: The English College Press, “The Epitaphe of S. Paula,” p.96,
 * Hitherto we haue sayled with a fore-wind, & our sliding ship hath plowed vp the crisping waues of the Sea at ease.
 * 1) * 1832,, “The Lotos-Eaters,” Choric Song, V., in Poems, London: Moxon, p.114,
 * To watch the crisping ripples on the beach,
 * And tender curving lines of creamy spray:
 * 1)  To wrinkle, contort or tense (a part of one's body).
 * 2)  To become contorted or tensed (of a part of the body).
 * 3)  To interweave (of the branches of trees).
 * 4)  To make a sharp or harsh sound.
 * 5) * 1915, (as Richard Dehan), “A Dish of Macaroni” in Off Sandy Hook, New York: Frederick A. Stokes, p.39,
 * her light footsteps and crisping draperies retreated along the passage,
 * 1)  To colour (something with highlights); to add small amounts of colour to (something).
 * 1)  To become contorted or tensed (of a part of the body).
 * 2)  To interweave (of the branches of trees).
 * 3)  To make a sharp or harsh sound.
 * 4) * 1915, (as Richard Dehan), “A Dish of Macaroni” in Off Sandy Hook, New York: Frederick A. Stokes, p.39,
 * her light footsteps and crisping draperies retreated along the passage,
 * 1)  To colour (something with highlights); to add small amounts of colour to (something).
 * 1)  To make a sharp or harsh sound.
 * 2) * 1915, (as Richard Dehan), “A Dish of Macaroni” in Off Sandy Hook, New York: Frederick A. Stokes, p.39,
 * her light footsteps and crisping draperies retreated along the passage,
 * 1)  To colour (something with highlights); to add small amounts of colour to (something).
 * 1) * 1915, (as Richard Dehan), “A Dish of Macaroni” in Off Sandy Hook, New York: Frederick A. Stokes, p.39,
 * her light footsteps and crisping draperies retreated along the passage,
 * 1)  To colour (something with highlights); to add small amounts of colour to (something).
 * 1)  To colour (something with highlights); to add small amounts of colour to (something).
 * 1)  To colour (something with highlights); to add small amounts of colour to (something).

Translations

 * Bulgarian: правя ронлив
 * Finnish: rapeuttaa, paistaa rapeaksi

Etymology
From, and , , from.

Adjective

 * 1) curly, curled
 * 2) curly-haired
 * 3) crinkly or wavy

Noun

 * 1) A kind of curled pastry.
 * 2) A kind of crinkly fabric.