burn to a crisp



burn something to a crisp

to burn something totally or very badly. The cook burned the meat to a crisp.
See also: burn, crisp

burn something to a crisp

to burn something very badly He burned the sausages to a crisp. I played a little golf yesterday and my neck got burned to a crisp.
See also: burn, crisp

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
MariusMER-ee-əs (English), MAR-ee-əs (English), MAH-ree-uws (German)Ancient Roman, Romanian, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Danish, French
ClaudKLAWDEnglish
Cyneweard-Anglo-Saxon
Karam-Arabic
Baladeva-Hinduism
Darshana-Indian, Marathi