crisp

(noun) a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat. Synonyms: chip, potato chip, Saratoga chip.

(verb) make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in. Synonyms: wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up. Examples: "The dress got wrinkled." "Crease the paper like this to make a crane."

(verb) make brown and crisp by heating. Synonyms: crispen, toast. Examples: "Toast bread." "Crisp potatoes."

(adj) (of something seen or heard) clearly defined. Synonyms: sharp. Examples: "A sharp photographic image." "The sharp crack of a twig." "The crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot."

(adj) tender and brittle. Synonyms: crispy. Examples: "Crisp potato chips."

(adj) pleasantly cold and invigorating. Synonyms: frosty, nipping, nippy, snappy. Examples: "Crisp clear nights and frosty mornings." "A nipping wind." "A nippy fall day." "Snappy weather."

(adj) pleasingly firm and fresh. Examples: "Crisp lettuce."

(adj) (of hair) in small tight curls. Synonyms: frizzly, frizzy, kinky, nappy.

(adj) brief and to the point; effectively cut short. Synonyms: curt, laconic, terse. Examples: "A crisp retort." "A response so curt as to be almost rude." "The laconic reply; `yes'." "Short and terse and easy to understand."