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crispy

/ˈkɹɪs.pi/

crispy adjective: having a crisp texture; brittle yet tender.

Adjective

crispy (comparative crispier, superlative crispiest)

  1. Having a crisp texture; brittle yet tender.
    • These biscuits are very crispy.
    • Baked rolls should be crispy.
  2. (slang) Denoting something is impressive or desirable; cool, awesome; fresh.

Noun

crispy (plural crispies)

  1. (informal) The well-baked fat on the surface of a piece of roasted meat.

crispy meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Tagalog and Arabic

crispy in Urdu

crispy, crunchy
پھریرے pharaire

crispy in Bengali

crispy; crumbly
মচমচে môcmôce

crispy in Tagalog

having a crisp texture
malutong

crispy in Arabic

having a crisp texture
مُقَرْمَش muqarmaš, مُقَرْمَشَة muqarmaša
More languagesFewer languages
crispy in Malay
rangup
crispy in Persian
سختترد saxt-tord
crispy in Thai
กรอบ grɔ̀ɔp

Examples of crispy in a sentence

  • There's nothing I like more than snacking down on some nice crispy potato chips.
  • Thick-cut, crispy French fries are our specialty.
  • “And what is your name, crispy, old, wizened crone?” “Oh, my name's Helen.” “Hel-- Oh, just Helen.

All 33 example sentences with crispy

Forms of crispy

Adjective
comparativecrispier
superlativecrispiest
Noun
pluralcrispies

Origin of crispy

From Middle English crispy (“crisped, curly”), equivalent to crisp + -y.

Words formed from crispy

Phrases with crispy

Words that rhyme with crispy

Questions about crispy

What does crispy mean?
Crispy means having a crisp texture; brittle yet tender.
What is crispy in Urdu?
Crispy in Urdu is پھریرے (pharaire). See Crispy meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is crispy?
Crispy can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce crispy?
Crispy is pronounced /ˈkɹɪs.pi/.

Words near crispy in the dictionary

  1. crisps
  2. crispt
  3. Crispus
  4. crispwich
  5. crispwiches
  6. crispy
  7. crispy critter
  8. crispy critters
  9. crispy seaweed
  10. crispy water
  11. criss

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: crispy (page history and authors); پھریرے (Urdu) (page history and authors); মচমচে (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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