Definitions for crisps

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Spelling: [krisp]

IPA: /krɪsp/

Crisps is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 89 anagrams from letters in crisps (ciprss).

Definitions for crisps

noun

1. Chiefly British. potato chip.
2. 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 crisps

before 900; Middle English, Old English Latin crispus curled

Examples for crisps

The summer heat is fleeting, and the crisp golden brown of autumn lingers just a little bit longer than it should.

Marny spoke in crisp, detached sentences between the pats of his brush.

"It hasn't been convenient to do it before," was the crisp answer.

De la Renta did design some stuff for Kennedy too—notably, one perfect belted sheath in crisp white linen.

If you baste it with any thing else, or with its own dripping, the skin will not be crisp.

He started to get up, but the marshal's crisp voice cut in on him.

Fill your salad bowl with the crisp leaves, from which the flowerhead has been plucked.

Note: If you prefer cookies thin and crisp, bake them straight from the mixing bowl.

Exactly one month after the first straw goat was erected in Gävle, it was mysteriously burned to a crisp.

If you prefer them chewy in the middle and crisp outside, chill the balls of dough.