1. (noun)chip, crisp, potato chip, Saratoga chip a thin crispslice of potato fried in deep fat
2. (adj)crisp, sharp (of something seen or heard) clearly defined
"a sharp photographic image"; "the sharp crack of a twig"; "the crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot"
3. (adj)crisp, crispy tender and brittle "crisp potato chips"
4. (adj)crisp, frosty, nipping, nippy, snappy pleasantly cold and invigorating
"crisp clear nights and frosty mornings"; "a nipping wind"; "a nippy fall day"; "snappy weather"
5. (adj)crisp pleasingly firm and fresh
"crisp lettuce"
6. (adj)crisp, frizzly, frizzy, kinky, nappy (of hair) in small tight curls
7. (adj)crisp, curt, laconic, terse 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"
8. (verb)wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in
"The dress got wrinkled"; "crease the paper like this to make a crane"
9. (verb)crispen, toast, crisp makebrown and crisp by heating "toast bread"; "crisp potatoes"
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