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[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