Meaning

8 senses
  1. Senses relating to something brittle.

    (Ireland, UK, 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.

    a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat

  2. 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.

    (Ireland, UK, broadly, in the plural)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

  3. Senses relating to something brittle.

    (Canada, US)A type of baked dessert consisting of fruit topped with a crumbly mixture made with fat, flour, and sugar; a crumble.

  4. (dated, slang)A banknote; also, a number of banknotes collectively.

  5. (also, figuratively)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.

  6. (dialectal)The crispy rind of roast pork; crackling.

  7. Senses relating to something curled.

    (obsolete)A curly lock of hair, especially one which is tightly curled.

  8. (obsolete)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.

Examples

74 sentences
  1. I ate some crisps.

    ruЯ поел немного картофельных чипсов. — odexed

    deIch habe Chips gegessen. — Hime

  2. Emily bought a packet of crisps.

    Емілі купила пакетик чіпсів. — deniko

    ruЭмили купила пакетик чипсов. — odexed

    deEmilie hat sich eine Tüte Kartoffelchips gekauft. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. I made my own potato crisps.

    Я зробив собі картопляні чіпси. — deniko

  4. Help yourself to more potato crisps.

    Візьми ще чіпсів. — deniko

  5. Tom ate half a bag of potato crisps.

    Том з'їв півпачки картопляних чипсів. — deniko

    deTom hat eine halbe Tüte Chips gegessen. — Waldelfe

Origin

The adjective is derived partly from the following:

The adjective is derived partly from the following:

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Forms

plural: crisps
Singularcrisp
Pluralcrisps

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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