Definitions for crisper

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crisper crisp·er

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IPA: /ˈkrɪs pər/

Crisper is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 169 anagrams from letters in crisper (ceiprrs).

Definitions for crisper

noun

1. a person or thing that crisps, corrugates, or curls.
2. a drawer or compartment in a refrigerator for keeping lettuce, celery, and other vegetables crisp.
3. an ovenlike appliance for restoring the crispness of crackers, cookies, etc., by dry heating.
4. Chiefly British. potato chip.
5. a dessert of fruit, as apples or apricots, baked with a crunchy mixture, usually of bread crumbs, chopped nutmeats, butter, and brown sugar.

adjective

1. (especially of food) hard but easily breakable; brittle:
2. (especially of food) firm and fresh; not soft or wilted:
3. brisk; sharp; clear; decided:
4. lively; pithy; sparkling:
5. clean-cut, neat, and well-pressed; well-groomed.
6. bracing; invigorating:
7. crinkled, wrinkled, or rippled, as skin or water.
8. in small, stiff, or firm curls; curly.

verb (used with or without object)

1. to make or become crisp.
2. to curl.

Origin of crisper

First recorded in 1825-35; crisp + -er¹

Examples for crisper

No after-theatre corner of Broadway had a crisper American accent of vice, or displayed vice itself more delicately lacquered.

I shall not miss poor Schmidt now; your touch is crisper than his!'

In the portrait of Mrs. F Jr. there is a fresher manner, a breezier, crisper feeling throughout.

The air was crisper and fresher than usual, and to both of them it felt divine.

And it was a crisper step that he resumed, with a face more radiant than before.

If made with marine glue they require more care, but will eat all the crisper.

The late autumn morning was not crisper and sunnier than she.

The crushed ice in the glass was no cooler nor crisper than St. George's tone.

Her hair was crisper and rustier than ever, swirling about in competitive overlapping ripples.

His anatomical structure and general habits are those of the Felid, but the fur is crisper.