Meaning

noun a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat

verb make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in

verb make brown and crisp by heating

originThe 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…

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