FRIZZLE

frizzle

(verb) fry something until it curls and becomes crisp

crimp, crape, frizzle, frizz, kink up, kink

(verb) curl tightly; “crimp hair”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

frizzle (third-person singular simple present frizzles, present participle frizzling, simple past and past participle frizzled)

(transitive) To fry something until crisp and curled.

• (Cook Book)

(transitive) To scorch.

(intransitive) To fry noisily, sizzle.

(ambitransitive) To curl or crisp, as hair; to frizz; to crinkle.

Noun

frizzle (plural frizzles)

A curl; a lock of hair crisped.

Anagrams

• Fizzler, fizzler

Source: Wiktionary


Friz"zle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frizzled; p. pr. & vb. n. Frizzling.] Etym: [Dim. of friz.]

Definition: To curl or crisp, as hair; to friz; to crinkle. Gay. To frizzle up, to crinkle or crisp excessively.

Friz"zle, n.

Definition: A curl; a lock of hair crisped. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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