Meaning

Not crisp..

Definitions by Sense

1. Not crisp.
2. (intransitive) To become less or not crisp.
3. (transitive, dated) To stop contorting or tensing (a part of one's body); to cause to be no longer contorted or tensed.
4. (intransitive, dated) To stop being contorted or tensed (of a part of the body).
5. (transitive, archaic) To stop (something) from rippling or undulating.

Example Sentences

[The] metal [of the coach], jouncing on the track, massaged his behind and his pants, uncrisping, were as wet from the mangy dog as from the sweat pouring out between his legs.

When his miserable life is over they lay him out—that is, they pull his legs, and try to uncrisp his fingers,

She also lay white and twisting on a couch, crisping and uncrisping her little hands.

She saw his fingers uncrisp, then grip the shelf again.

Behold your Neptune, with his Trident there, Vncrisps the Billows, smoothing them like Glass;

Word Forms

• more uncrisp
• most uncrisp
• uncrisps
• uncrisping
• uncrisped

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Use uncrisp when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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