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Definitioner
Adjektiv
- (of something seen or heard) Sharp, clearly defined.
- (dated) Curling in stiff curls or ringlets.
- (obsolete) Curled by the ripple of water.
- Brittle; friable; in a condition to break with a short, sharp fracture.
- Possessing a certain degree of firmness and freshness; in a fresh, unwilted condition.
- Of weather, air etc.: dry and cold.
- (of movement, action, etc.) Quick and accurate.
- (of talk, text, etc.) Brief and to the point. (Esp. in make it crisp.)
- (obsolete) Lively; sparking; effervescing.
- Brisk; crackling; cheerful; lively.
- Of wine: having a refreshing amount of acidity; having less acidity than green wine, but more than a flabby one.
Verb
- (transitive) To make crisp.
- (intransitive) To become crisp.
- (transitive, dated) To curl; to form into ringlets, as hair, or the nap of cloth; to interweave, as the branches of trees.
- (intransitive, archaic) To undulate or ripple.
- (transitive, archaic) To cause to undulate irregularly, as crape or water; to wrinkle; to cause to ripple.
Substantiv
- (British) A thin slice of fried potato eaten as a snack.
Exempel
- This new television set has a very crisp image.
- crisp hair
- You nymphs called Naiads, of the winding brooks [...] Leave your crisp channels.
- The crisp snow crunched underfoot.
- The cakes at tea ate short and crisp.
- It [laurel] has been plucked nine months, and yet looks as hale and crisp as if it would last ninety years.
- Stephen Ward's crisp finish from Sylvan Ebanks-Blake's pass 11 minutes into the second half proved enough to give Mick McCarthy's men a famous victory.
- It is better to understand the question clearly, pause for a little thinking and give a crisp answer.
- If we ask an expert about a certain query, this expert will often come up with a crisp answer (“yes” or “no”).
- your neat crisp claret
- the snug, small room, and the crisp fire
- to crisp bacon by frying it
- to watch the crisping ripples on the beach
- The lover with the myrtle sprays / Adorns his crisped tresses.
- The crisped brooks, / Rolling on orient pearl and sands of gold.
- ~ winter’s day kirpeä pakkaspäivä
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