- crispy adj
- ['krɪspɪ]
-ier comp -iest superl croccante
English-Italian dictionary. 2013.
crispy adj
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crispy — adj. Crispy is used with these nouns: ↑bacon, ↑batter, ↑fry, ↑parcel … Collocations dictionary
crispy — late 14c., curly, from CRISP (Cf. crisp) (adj.) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Meaning brittle is recorded from 1610s … Etymology dictionary
crispy — [kris′pē] adj. crispier, crispiest CRISP (chiefly senses 1 & 2) crispiness n … English World dictionary
crispy — adj American 1a. suffering from a hangover. A teenage and adolescent vogue word of 1988. Its provenance is uncertain; it may evoke the notion of brittle or fragile . 1b. unpleasant, inferior. The generalised term, in use among American adoles… … Contemporary slang
crispy — adj. (crispier, crispiest) 1 crisp, brittle. 2 curly. 3 brisk. Derivatives: crispiness n … Useful english dictionary
crispy — [[t]krɪ̱spi[/t]] crispier, crispiest ADJ GRADED (approval) Food that is crispy is pleasantly hard, or has a pleasantly hard surface. ...crispy fried onions. ...crispy bread rolls. Syn: crisp … English dictionary
crispy — crisp|y [ˈkrıspi] adj food that is crispy is pleasantly hard on the outside ▪ a piece of crispy fried bread … Dictionary of contemporary English
crispy — [ˈkrɪspi] adj food that is crispy is firm in a pleasant way … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
crispy — crispily, adv. crispiness, n. /kris pee/, adj., crispier, crispiest. 1. (esp. of food) brittle; crisp. 2. curly or wavy. 3. brisk. [1350 1400; ME crispi. See CRISP, Y1] * * * … Universalium
crispy — crisp·y || krɪspɪ adj. brittle, crumbly, crunchy … English contemporary dictionary
crispy — crisp•y [[t]ˈkrɪs pi[/t]] adj. crisp•i•er, crisp•i•est crisp • Etymology: 1350–1400 crisp′i•ly, adv. crisp′i•ness, n … From formal English to slang
