crisp

crisp is a 5-letter English word with 20 senses as adjective, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Curling in stiff curls or ringlets; as, crisp hair. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 20 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Curling in stiff curls or ringlets; as, crisp hair.
2. adjective. Curled with the ripple of the water.
3. adjective. Brittle; friable; in a condition to break with a short, sharp fracture; as, crisp snow.
4. adjective. Possessing a certain degree of firmness and freshness; in a fresh, unwilted condition.
5. adjective. Lively; sparking; effervescing.
6. adjective. Brisk; crackling; cheerful; lively.
7. adjective. To curl; to form into ringlets, as hair, or the nap of cloth; to interweave, as the branches of trees.
8. adjective. To cause to undulate irregularly, as crape or water; to wrinkle; to cause to ripple. Cf. Crimp.
9. adjective. To make crisp or brittle, as in cooking.
10. intransitive verb. To undulate or ripple. Cf. Crisp, v. t.
11. 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.
12. noun. a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat

    Synonyms: chip

13. verb. make brown and crisp by heating

    "toast bread"

    "crisp potatoes"

    Synonyms: crispen, toast

14. verb. 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"

    Synonyms: crease, crinkle, ruckle, scrunch, wrinkle

15. adjective. brief and to the point; effectively cut short

    "a crisp retort"

    "a response so curt as to be almost rude"

    Synonyms: curt, laconic, terse

16. adjective. (of something seen or heard) clearly defined

    "a sharp photographic image"

    "the sharp crack of a twig"

    Synonyms: sharp

17. adjective. (of hair) in small tight curls

    Synonyms: frizzly, frizzy, kinky, nappy

18. adjective. pleasingly firm and fresh

    "crisp lettuce"

19. adjective. pleasantly cold and invigorating

    "crisp clear nights and frosty mornings"

    "a nipping wind"

    Synonyms: frosty, nipping, nippy, snappy

20. adjective. tender and brittle

    "crisp potato chips"

    Synonyms: crispy

Synonyms

chip, crispen, toast, crease, crinkle, ruckle, scrunch, wrinkle, curt, laconic, terse, sharp, frizzly, frizzy, kinky, nappy, frosty, nipping, nippy, snappy, crispy

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in crisp:

crips, scrip

Common word forms

crisps, crisped, crispen, crisper, crisply, crispest, crisping, crispness

Words from these letters

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