Crisp
adjective
Firm, dry, and easy to break.
She liked her toast to be crisp.
Often appears as...
- crisp lettuce
- crisp bacon
adjective
Cool, fresh, and clean.
A crisp morning jump-starts my day.
Often appears as...
- crisp morning
- crisp air
noun
A type of snack that is thin and hard, often made of potato and fried or baked.
He opened a bag of crisps to munch on.
Often appears as...
- bag of crisps
- salt and vinegar crisps
adjective
Of speaking or writing, clear and concise.
Ensure your resume is crisp and to the point.
Often appears as...
- crisp writing
- crisp speech
Usage tips
Academic
verb
To make or become crisp.
She crisped the bacon in the frying pan.
Often appears as...
- crisp the bacon
- crisp the edges
adjective
Firm, dry, and easy to break.
She liked her toast to be crisp.
Often appears as...
- crisp lettuce
- crisp bacon
adjective
Cool, fresh, and clean.
A crisp morning jump-starts my day.
Often appears as...
- crisp morning
- crisp air
noun
A type of snack that is thin and hard, often made of potato and fried or baked.
He opened a bag of crisps to munch on.
Often appears as...
- bag of crisps
- salt and vinegar crisps
adjective
Of speaking or writing, clear and concise.
Ensure your resume is crisp and to the point.
Often appears as...
- crisp writing
- crisp speech
Usage tips
Academic
verb
To make or become crisp.
She crisped the bacon in the frying pan.
Often appears as...
- crisp the bacon
- crisp the edges
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Texture Descriptor
Describes the pleasing texture of food, indicating a pleasant crunch.
The cookies were perfectly crisp after baking.
Pro Tip 2/2Easily Snapped
Highlights how something can be broken easily, usually due to dryness.
She snapped the crisp breadstick in half effortlessly.
Pro Tip 1/2Texture Descriptor
Describes the pleasing texture of food, indicating a pleasant crunch.
The cookies were perfectly crisp after baking.
Pro Tip 2/2Easily Snapped
Highlights how something can be broken easily, usually due to dryness.
She snapped the crisp breadstick in half effortlessly.
Pro Tip 1/2Texture Descriptor
Describes the pleasing texture of food, indicating a pleasant crunch.
The cookies were perfectly crisp after baking.
Pro Tip 2/2Easily Snapped
Highlights how something can be broken easily, usually due to dryness.
She snapped the crisp breadstick in half effortlessly.
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Leyla Acaroglu: Paper...
is the crisper drawer. You all got crisper drawers? The drawer that you put your lettuces in? Lettuces have a habit of going soggy in the crisper drawers, don't they? Yeah? Soggy lettuces? In the U.K., this is such a problem that there was a government report a few years ago that actually said the second biggest offender
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Why should you read “The...
after her drowning. As the family mourns, lilies curl and crisp in the hot church. A baby bat crawls up a funeral sari. Tears drip from a chin like raindrops from a roof. The novel forays into the past to explore the characters’ struggles
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Dan Phillips: Creative...
which is very crisp and premeditated and intellectualized and perfect. On the other end of the spectrum, we have a Dionysian perspective, which is more given to the passions and intuition, tolerant of organic texture and human gesture.
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How America's public...
as she peeled open a crisp paperback said, "Ms. Sumner -- you know, I figured you bought these books, 'cause you teachers are always buying us stuff. But to know that a stranger, someone I don't even know, cares this much about me
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Making sense of...
Digital Sky Survey itself an amazing survey that revolutionized the field that I work in the deep lense survey gives us an even crisper and clearer view but it was a much smaller serve and into the whole sky but these simulations
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Can you solve the...
The election comes around, but before the results can be certified a third party candidate swoops in and burns the treefellow to a crisp. The freshly signed and deeply flawed constitution mandates that this challenger
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Gavin Pretor-Pinney:...
The sharp, crisp outlines of this formation make it the best one for finding shapes in. And it reminds us of the aimless nature of cloudspotting, what an aimless activity it is. You're not going to change the world
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Secret Life of Dust...
microscopic world of the tiny creatures that inhabit our everyday lives there's nothing like collapsing into a freshly made bed at the end of a long hard day crisp sheets plump pillows a
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How to build (and...
start with your point in a crisp half-sentence, and then give your supporting evidence. This means that people will be able to get access to our awesome ideas, and just as importantly,
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Tiny Frog Faces Night...
to avoid frying to a crisp by day this amphibian hides deep in the sand but when the conditions are just right
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Leyla Acaroglu: Paper...
is the crisper drawer. You all got crisper drawers? The drawer that you put your lettuces in? Lettuces have a habit of going soggy in the crisper drawers, don't they? Yeah? Soggy lettuces? In the U.K., this is such a problem that there was a government report a few years ago that actually said the second biggest offender
Video examples
Why should you read “The...
after her drowning. As the family mourns, lilies curl and crisp in the hot church. A baby bat crawls up a funeral sari. Tears drip from a chin like raindrops from a roof. The novel forays into the past to explore the characters’ struggles
Video examples
Dan Phillips: Creative...
which is very crisp and premeditated and intellectualized and perfect. On the other end of the spectrum, we have a Dionysian perspective, which is more given to the passions and intuition, tolerant of organic texture and human gesture.
Video examples
How America's public...
as she peeled open a crisp paperback said, "Ms. Sumner -- you know, I figured you bought these books, 'cause you teachers are always buying us stuff. But to know that a stranger, someone I don't even know, cares this much about me
Video examples
Making sense of...
Digital Sky Survey itself an amazing survey that revolutionized the field that I work in the deep lense survey gives us an even crisper and clearer view but it was a much smaller serve and into the whole sky but these simulations
Video examples
Can you solve the...
The election comes around, but before the results can be certified a third party candidate swoops in and burns the treefellow to a crisp. The freshly signed and deeply flawed constitution mandates that this challenger
Video examples
Gavin Pretor-Pinney:...
The sharp, crisp outlines of this formation make it the best one for finding shapes in. And it reminds us of the aimless nature of cloudspotting, what an aimless activity it is. You're not going to change the world
Video examples
Secret Life of Dust...
microscopic world of the tiny creatures that inhabit our everyday lives there's nothing like collapsing into a freshly made bed at the end of a long hard day crisp sheets plump pillows a
Video examples
How to build (and...
start with your point in a crisp half-sentence, and then give your supporting evidence. This means that people will be able to get access to our awesome ideas, and just as importantly,
Video examples
Tiny Frog Faces Night...
to avoid frying to a crisp by day this amphibian hides deep in the sand but when the conditions are just right
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Quote examples
Larry Holmes
American Athlete
I was probably the best that ever walked this earth. And I could take a punch. I could deliver a punch. I didn't have the hardest punch in the world but my punches were sharp and they were crisp. And if you took too many of them, you would be knocked out.
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Miriam Margolyes
English Actress
I know that a lot of my life is spent thinking about crisps and eating crisps and hating myself for eating crisps. It's just not worth it. Or it wouldn't be if crisps weren't so delicious.
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Tamara Tunie
American Actress
I adore the designer B. Michael's curve-flattering gowns, but there is nothing better than jeans with a crisp white shirt.
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Tanya Saracho
Mexican Playwright
It's mountains. The air is crisp. It's peaceful. You don't get spring break in Guanajuato.
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Gary Lineker
English Footballer
I hear it all the time in the street: 'It's the crisp bloke.
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Liz Parrish
American Scientist
Crisper is great. The future of gene therapy looks bright.
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Rey Mysterio
American Wrestler
Prince Puma is the crispest dude in that ring.
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Kyle Gass
American Musician
I feel good with a crisp hundy in my pocket.
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Joseph Parker
New Zealander Athlete
My punches are crisp, powerful, and sharp.
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Ryan Murphy
American Writer
I love crispy, cool sheets.
Quote examples
Larry Holmes
American Athlete
I was probably the best that ever walked this earth. And I could take a punch. I could deliver a punch. I didn't have the hardest punch in the world but my punches were sharp and they were crisp. And if you took too many of them, you would be knocked out.
Quote examples
Miriam Margolyes
English Actress
I know that a lot of my life is spent thinking about crisps and eating crisps and hating myself for eating crisps. It's just not worth it. Or it wouldn't be if crisps weren't so delicious.
Quote examples
Tamara Tunie
American Actress
I adore the designer B. Michael's curve-flattering gowns, but there is nothing better than jeans with a crisp white shirt.
Quote examples
Tanya Saracho
Mexican Playwright
It's mountains. The air is crisp. It's peaceful. You don't get spring break in Guanajuato.
Quote examples
Gary Lineker
English Footballer
I hear it all the time in the street: 'It's the crisp bloke.
Quote examples
Liz Parrish
American Scientist
Crisper is great. The future of gene therapy looks bright.
Quote examples
Rey Mysterio
American Wrestler
Prince Puma is the crispest dude in that ring.
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Kyle Gass
American Musician
I feel good with a crisp hundy in my pocket.
Quote examples
Joseph Parker
New Zealander Athlete
My punches are crisp, powerful, and sharp.
Quote examples
Ryan Murphy
American Writer
I love crispy, cool sheets.
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