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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. fry something until it curls and becomes crisp;

2. curl tightly;
- Example: "crimp hair"
[syn: crimp, crape, frizzle, frizz, kink up, kink]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Frizzle \Friz"zle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frizzled; p. pr. & vb. n. Frizzling.] [Dim. of friz.] To curl or crisp, as hair; to friz; to crinkle. --Gay. [1913 Webster] To frizzle up, to crinkle or crisp excessively. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Frizzle \Friz"zle\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Frizzled; p. pr. & vb. n. Frizzling.] [Freq. of an imitative word frizz, in dial. use.] 1. To fry, toast, or broil with a sputtering sound to cook with a sizzling noise. Also fig. --Hawthorne. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. To cook, in certain way, so as to curl or crinkle up. Drain and heat it [shaved smoked beef] in one tablespoonful of hot butter, to curl or frizzle it. --Mrs. Lincoln (Cook Book). [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Frizzle \Friz"zle\, n. A curl; a lock of hair crisped. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

frizzle v 1: fry something until it curls and becomes crisp 2: curl tightly; "crimp hair" [syn: crimp, crape, frizzle, frizz, kink up, kink]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

44 Moby Thesaurus words for "frizzle": bake, barbecue, baste, blanch, boil, braise, brew, broil, brown, coddle, cook, crimp, curl, curry, devil, do, do to perfection, fire, fricassee, frizz, fry, griddle, grill, heat, lock, oven-bake, pan, pan-broil, parboil, poach, ponytail, prepare, prepare food, ringlet, roast, saute, scallop, sear, shirr, simmer, steam, stew, stir-fry, toast