Usually means: Firmly dry and easily breakable.
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General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. crisp: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. crisp: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. crisp: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. crisp: Collins English Dictionary
  5. crisp: Vocabulary.com
  6. Crisp, crisp: Wordnik
  7. crisp: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Crisp, crisp: Wiktionary
  9. crisp: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. crisp: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. crisp: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. CRISP: Dictionary.com
  13. crisp: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. crisp: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. CRISP, Crisp (chocolate bar), Crisp (dessert), Crisp (disambiguation), Crisp (horse), Crisp (snack type), Crisp: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Crisp: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. crisp: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. crisp: Rhymezone
  19. Crisp: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. crisp: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. CRISP: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  22. crisp: Free Dictionary
  23. crisp: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. Crisp, crisp: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  25. crisp: Dictionary/thesaurus
  26. crisp(e): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. crisp: Linda's Culinary Dictionary
  2. Epicurus.com Wine Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. crisp: Legal dictionary

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. CRISP, crisp: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. The Microsoft Lexicon (No longer online)
  3. CRISP: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. CRISP: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  3. crisp: Idioms

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Bryological (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Roots of Botanical Names (No longer online)
  3. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. crisp, crisp, crisp: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. C.R.I.S.P, crisp: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Wine Taster's Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See crisped as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  (of something seen or heard) Sharp, clearly defined.
adjective:  Brittle; friable; in a condition to break with a short, sharp fracture.
adjective:  Possessing a certain degree of firmness and freshness.
adjective:  (of weather, air etc.) Dry and cold.
adjective:  (of movement, action etc.) Quick and accurate.
adjective:  (of talk, text, etc.) Brief and to the point.
adjective:  (of wine) Having a refreshing amount of acidity; having less acidity than green wine, but more than a flabby one.
adjective:  Lively; sparking; effervescing.
adjective:  (dated) Curling in stiff curls or ringlets.
adjective:  (obsolete) Curled by the ripple of water.
adjective:  (computing theory) Not using fuzzy logic; based on a binary distinction between true and false.
adjective:  (of fabric) Starched and pressed (ironed).
noun:  (British) A very thin slice of potato that has been deep fried, typically packaged and sold as a snack.
noun:  (British, by extension, colloquial) A crunchy, savoury snack food made from potato starch, cornmeal or other starchy cereal grain, packaged and eaten similarly to the above.
noun:  A baked dessert made with fruit and crumb topping
noun:  (British, food) Anything baked or fried in thin slices and eaten as a snack.
verb:  (transitive) To make crisp.
verb:  (intransitive) To become crisp.
verb:  (transitive, dated) To cause to curl or wrinkle (of the leaves or petals of plants, for example); to form into ringlets or tight curls (of hair).
verb:  (intransitive, dated) To become curled.
verb:  (transitive, dated) To cause to undulate irregularly (of water); to cause to ripple.
verb:  (intransitive, dated) To undulate or ripple.
verb:  (transitive, dated) To wrinkle, contort or tense (a part of one's body).
verb:  (intransitive, dated) To become contorted or tensed (of a part of the body).
verb:  (transitive, intransitive, rare) To interweave (of the branches of trees).
verb:  (intransitive, dated) To make a sharp or harsh sound.
verb:  (transitive, dated) To colour (something with highlights); to add small amounts of colour to (something).
noun:  A surname.

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