“crisping” is a form of
crisp
/kɹɪsp/ adjective, noun, verb, proper noun
Forms crisper crispest crisps crisping crisped Chrisp
- adjective (dated) Of hair: curling, especially in tight, stiff curls or ringlets; also (obsolete), of a person: having hair curled in this manner. “crisp hair”
- adjective (archaic or obsolete) Of a body of water, skin, etc.: having a surface which is rippled or wrinkled.
- adjective (botany, archaic) Synonym of crispate (“of a leaf: having curled, notched, or wavy edges”); crisped.
- adjective (uncertain, obsolete) Clear; also, shining, or smooth.
- adjective Having a consistency which is hard yet brittle, and in a condition to break with a sharp fracture; crumbly, friable, short. “The crisp snow crunched underfoot.”
- adjective Not limp; firm, stiff; not stale or wilted; fresh; also, effervescent, lively.
- adjective Of action, movement, a person's manner, etc.: precise and quick; brisk. “An expert, given a certain query, will often come up with a crisp answer: “yes” or “no”.”
- adjective Of air, weather, etc.: cool and dry; also, of a period of time: characterized by such weather.
- noun (Ireland, UK, chiefly in the plural) In full potato crisp: a thin slice of potato which has been deep-fried until it is brittle and crispy, and eaten when cool; they are typically packaged and sold as a snack.
- noun (Ireland, UK, by extension) Sometimes with a descriptive word: a crispy, savoury snack made of some other ingredient(s) (such as cornmeal or a vegetable) which is baked or deep-fried and eaten like a potato crisp. “kale crisps prawn crisp”
- noun (chiefly Canada, US) A type of baked dessert consisting of fruit topped with a crumbly mixture made with fat, flour, and sugar; a crumble.
- noun (slang, dated) A banknote; also, a number of banknotes collectively.
- noun (originally US, also figurative) Chiefly in to a crisp: a food item that has been overcooked, or a thing which has been burned, to the point of becoming charred or dried out.
- noun (obsolete except UK, dialectal) The crispy rind of roast pork; crackling.
- noun A curly lock of hair, especially one which is tightly curled.
- noun A delicate fabric, possibly resembling crepe, especially used by women for veils or other head coverings in the past; also, a head covering made of this fabric.
- verb (transitive) To make (something) firm yet brittle; specifically (cooking), to give (food) a crispy surface through frying, grilling, or roasting. “to crisp bacon by frying it”
- verb (transitive, figurative, dated) To add small amounts of colour to (something); to tinge, to tint.
- verb (intransitive) To become firm yet brittle; specifically (cooking), of food: to form a crispy surface through frying, grilling, or roasting. “to put celery into ice water to crisp”
- verb (intransitive, dated) To make a sharp crackling or crunching sound.
Synonyms
crispate chip potato chip crunch crispen crackle creak rustle Saratoga chip wrinkle ruckle crease crinkle scrunch scrunch up toast sharp crispy frosty nipping nippy snappy frizzly frizzy kinky nappy curt laconic terse
Antonyms
Etymology
The adjective is derived partly from the following:
* Etymology 1, adjective sense 1: Middle English crisp (“curly, wavy”), from Old English crisp (“curly”), from Latin crispus (“of hair: crimped, curly”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kris-, from *(s)ker- (“to bend; to turn”).
* Etymology 1, adjective sense 2: from the above, and probably also onomatopoeic, representing a crinkling or crunching sound.
Doublet of crape and crepe.
Adjective etymology 1, adjective sense 2.2.3 (“of air, weather, etc.: cool and dry”) is transferred from a description of frost or snow as “crisp”, that is, crunchy.
The noun is derived partly from the following:
* Middle English crisp (“light, crinkled fabric; kind of pastry; crinkliness or roughness of skin”), from crisp (adjective) (see above).
* Modern English crisp (adjective) (“having a consistency which is hard yet brittle”).
* Etymology 2 sense 1: crisp (adjective; see etymology 1).
* Etymology 2 sense 2: Late Middle English crispen (“to curl; of hair: to be curly”), from Old English cirpsian (“to curl, crisp”), from Latin crīspō (“to crimp; to curl”), from crispus (“of hair: crimped, curly”, adjective) (see etymology 1) + -ō (suffix forming infinitives of first-conjugation verbs).
Webster’s 1913
- adjective Curling in stiff curls or ringlets; as, crisp hair.
- adjective Curled with the ripple of the water. [Poetic]
- verb To curl; to form into ringlets, as hair, or the nap of cloth; to interweave, as the branches of trees.
- verb To cause to undulate irregularly, as crape or water; to wrinkle; to cause to ripple. Cf. Crimp.
Etymology [AS. crisp, fr. L. crispus; cf. carpere to pluck, card (wool), and E. harvest. Cf. Crape.]
Etymology [L. crispare, fr. crispus. See Crisp. a.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “crisp”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details