crisp
verb/krɪsp/
/krɪsp/
[transitive, intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they crisp | /krɪsp/ /krɪsp/ |
| he / she / it crisps | /krɪsps/ /krɪsps/ |
| past simple crisped | /krɪspt/ /krɪspt/ |
| past participle crisped | /krɪspt/ /krɪspt/ |
| -ing form crisping | /ˈkrɪspɪŋ/ /ˈkrɪspɪŋ/ |
- crisp (something) to give food a crisp surface by putting it in an oven or under a grill; to develop a crisp surface in this way
- Crisp the pastry in the oven.
- Cook until the bacon starts to crisp.
Word OriginOld English (referring to hair in the sense ‘curly’): from Latin crispus ‘curled’. Other senses may result from symbolic interpretation of the sound of the word.Want to learn more?
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