Crisp: Definition and part of speech

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Crisp

  1. a. Brisk; crackling; cheerful; lively.
  2. a. Curling in stiff curls or ringlets; as, crisp hair.
  3. a. Curled with the ripple of the water.
  4. a. Brittle; friable; in a condition to break with a short, sharp fracture; as, crisp snow.
  5. a. Possessing a certain degree of firmness and freshness; in a fresh, unwilted condition.
  6. a. Lively; sparking; effervescing.

    7. The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

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