frizzle
pronunciation
How to pronounce frizzle in British English:
UK [ˈfrɪzl]
How to pronounce frizzle in American English:
US ['frɪzl]
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- Verb:
- fry something until it curls and becomes crisp
- curl tightly
Word Origin
- frizzle (v.)
- "curl hair," 1560s, of obscure origin. There are words of similar sound and sense in Old English (fris "curly"), Old Frisian (frisle), Middle French (friser "to curl") but their history is tangled; probably connected somehow to frizz (v.). Related: Frizzled; frizzling. As a noun from 1610s, "a short curl," from the verb. Frizzling iron was a 17c. term for "curling iron."
Example
- 1. A bearded chamois polish frizzle .
- 2. Hi , I 'm dorothy ann , one of the kids in ms. frizzle 's class .
- 3. She watched the paper curl and frizzle and burn ; and presently they were ashes .
- 4. If only rhett would let her cut bangs and frizzle them on her forehead , how much better this bonnet would look !
- 5. When we started learning about volcanoes , I thought we 'd just be studying them in books -- but ms. frizzle had other ideas .