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11 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Crisp \Crisp\ (kr?sp), adjective [AS. crisp, fr. L. crispus; cf. carpere to pluck, card (wool), and E. harvest. Cf. {Crape}.]
1. Curling in stiff curls or ringlets; as, crisp hair.
2. Curled with the ripple of the water. [Poetic]
You nymphs called Naiads, of the winding brooks . . . Leave jour crisp channels. --Shak.
3. Brittle; friable; in a condition to break with a short, sharp fracture; as, crisp snow.
The cakes at tea ate short and crisp. --Goldsmith.
4. Possessing a certain degree of firmness and freshness; in a fresh, unwilted condition.
It [laurel] has been plucked nine months, and yet looks as hale and crisp as if it would last ninety years. --Leigh Hunt.
5. Lively; sparking; effervescing.
Your neat crisp claret. --Beau. & Fl.
6. Brisk; crackling; cheerful; lively.
The snug, small room, and the crisp fire. --Dickens.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Crisp \Crisp\, verb (used without an object) To undulate or ripple. Cf. {Crisp}, verb (used with an object)
To watch the crisping ripples on the beach. --Tennuson.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Crisp \Crisp\, noun That which is crisp or brittle; the state of being crisp or brittle; as, burned to a crisp; specifically, the rind of roasted pork; crackling.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Crisp \Crisp\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Crisped} (kr?spt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crisping}.] [L. crispare, fr. crispus. See {Crisp}. a. ]
1. To curl; to form into ringlets, as hair, or the nap of cloth; to interweave, as the branches of trees.
2. To cause to undulate irregularly, as crape or water; to wrinkle; to cause to ripple. Cf. {Crimp}.
The lover with the myrtle sprays Adorns his crisped tresses. --Drayton.
Along the crisped shades and bowers. --Milton.
The crisped brooks, Rolling on orient pearl and sands of gold. --Milton.
3. To make crisp or brittle, as in cooking.
{Crisping iron}, an instrument by which hair or any textile fabric is crisped.
{Crisping pin}, the simplest form of crisping iron. --Is. iii. 22.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
crisp
adjective
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" [syn: {sharp}]
2: tender and brittle; "crisp potato chips" [syn: {crispy}]
3: pleasantly cold and invigorating; "crisp clear nights and frosty mornings"; "a nipping wind"; "a nippy fall day"; "snappy weather"; ('parky' is a British term) [syn: {frosty}, {nipping}, {nippy}, {snappy}, {parky}]
4: pleasingly firm and fresh and making a crunching noise when chewed; "crisp carrot and celery sticks"; "a firm apple"; "crunchy lettuce" [syn: {firm}, {crunchy}]
5: in small tight curls [syn: {frizzly}, {frizzy}, {kinky}, {nappy}]
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" [syn: {curt}, {laconic}, {terse}]
noun: a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat [syn: {chip}, {potato chip}, {Saratoga chip}]
verb
1: make wrinkles or creases into a smooth surface; "The dress got wrinkled" [syn: {wrinkle}, {ruckle}, {crease}, {crinkle}, {scrunch}, {scrunch up}]
2: make brown and crisp by heating; "toast bread"; "crisp potatoes" [syn: {toast}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
212 Moby Thesaurus words for "crisp": Siberian, Spartan, abbreviated, abridged, algid, aphoristic, aposiopestic, arctic, axiomatic, below zero, biting, bitter, bitterly cold, bleak, boreal, bracing, breakable, brief, brisk, brittle, brittle as glass, brumal, brusque, cheering, chip, clean-cut, clear, clear as crystal, clear as day, clear-cut, clipped, close, coherent, coil, cold, cold as charity, cold as death, cold as ice, cold as marble, compact, compendious, compressed, concise, condensed, connected, consistent, contracted, cordial, crackable, crease, crimp, crinkly, crisped, crispy, crumbly, crump, crushable, crystal-clear, crystalline, curl, curled, curly, curt, cut, cutting, defined, definite, delicate, direct, distinct, docked, dog-ear, double, double over, elliptic, energizing, enfold, epigrammatic, exhilarating, explicit, express, fissile, flimsy, flounce, flute, fold, fold over, formulaic, formulistic, fracturable, fragile, frail, frangible, freezing, freezing cold, fresh, friable, frigid, frill, frizzed, frizzly, frizzy, gather, gelid, glacial, gnomic, hibernal, hiemal, hyperborean, ice-cold, ice-encrusted, icelike, icy, inclement, infold, ingoing, interfold, invigorating, keen, kink, kinked, kinky, lacerable, laconic, lap over, limpid, loud and clear, lucid, luminous, nipping, nippy, numbing, pellucid, penetrating, perspicuous, piercing, pinching, pithy, plain, plait, plat, platitudinous, pleat, plicate, ply, pointed, proverbial, provoking, pruned, pulverizable, pulverulent, pungent, quill, raw, refreshful, refreshing, regaling, reserved, rigorous, rousing, ruff, ruffle, scissile, sententious, severe, sharp, shatterable, shattery, shivery, short, short and sweet, shortened, simple, sleety, slushy, snappy, splintery, stimulating, stone-cold, straightforward, subzero, succinct, summary, supercooled, synopsized, taciturn, terse, tight, to the point, tonic, translucent, transparent, transpicuous, trenchant, triturable, truncated, tuck, turn over, twill, unambiguous, unconfused, unequivocal, univocal, unmistakable, vulnerable, well-defined, winterbound, winterlike, wintery, wintry, zestful, zesty
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
crisp (Or "discrete") The opposite of "{fuzzy}". (1994-12-23)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
CRISP A {Lisp}-like language and {compiler} for the {IBM 370} written by Jeff Barnett of SDC, Santa Monica, CA, USA in the early 1970s. It generalised {Lisp}'s two-part {cons node}s to n-part nodes. (1994-11-10)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Crisp, NC Zip code(s): 27852
From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:
Crisp -- U.S. County in Georgia Population (2000): 21996 Housing Units (2000): 9559 Land area (2000): 273.818336 sq. miles (709.186204 sq. km) Water area (2000): 7.378025 sq. miles (19.108995 sq. km) Total area (2000): 281.196361 sq. miles (728.295199 sq. km) Located within: Georgia (GA), FIPS 13 Location: 31.935851 N, 83.767514 W Headwords: Crisp Crisp, GA Crisp County Crisp County, GA
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
CRISP Complex-Reduced Instruction Set Processor
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