Crossword clues for frizz
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Friz \Friz\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frizzed; p. pr. & vb. n. Frizzing.] [Cf. F. friser to curl, crisp, frizzle, to raise the nap (on certain stuffs); prob.akin to OFries. frisle hair of the head. Cf. Frieze kind of cloth.] [Written also frizz.]
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To curl or form into small curls, as hair, with a crisping pin; to crisp.
With her hair frizzed short up to her ears.
--Pepys. To form into little burs, prominences, knobs, or tufts, as the nap of cloth.
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(Leather Manufacture) To soften and make of even thickness by rubbing, as with pumice stone or a blunt instrument. Frizzing machine.
(Fabrics) A machine for frizzing the surface of cloth.
(Wood Working) A bench with a revolving cutter head slightly protruding above its surface, for dressing boards.
Friz \Friz\, n.; pl. Frizzes. That which is frizzed; anything crisped or curled, as a wig; a frizzle. [Written also frizz.]
He [Dr. Johnson], who saw in his glass how his wig
became his face and head, might easily infer that a
similar fullbottomed, well-curled friz of words would
be no less becoming to his thoughts.
--Hare.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 vb. 1 (lb en intransitive) Of hair, to form into a mass of tight curls. 2 (lb en transitive) To curl; to make frizzy. 3 To form into little burs, knobs, or tufts, as the nap of cloth. 4 To make (leather) soft and of even thickness by rubbing, as with pumice stone or a blunt instrument. 5 To fry, cook, or sear with a sizzling noise; to sizzle. Etymology 2
n. A mass of tightly curled or unruly hair.
WordNet
Usage examples of "frizz".
The cat roused itself as a matter of protocol and arched lazily, politely frizzing the fui just behind its snake-shaped head, and when the dust had settled and the gunpowdery smoke had drifted across the yard, the animal sat down, sleepily closed its eyes, and commenced purring as it gently kneaded the dusty earth.
Jacob twirled a lock of his frizzed hair and glanced at GODPLAYER 23 Roxane, who had been on Clarkson Two longer than anyone else.
Willie forgets to eat sometimes, and he talks to himself in iambs, and his silver hair frizzes, and Aunt Easy sometimes has to lead him in from the garden which apparently now grows symbols.
A waitress with a frizz of orange hair and a face like Eartha Kitt dropped a fly-blown menu in front of him, filled his cup with steaming coffee.
His white hair was frizzed out from his head, as if he had just stuck a finger in an electric socket.
At least I can still call my hair my own, though it frizzes upwards as if I’ve been electrocuted.
Hobbled by his shackles, his long robes tattered and torn, his black hair frizzing wildly, the physician stretched out his hands to Dain.
Garbed in a long robe of crimson and green stripes, his conical red hat perched on his head and his dark beard frizzing wildly around his jaw, Sulein stared at Dain with a smile of dawning delight.
Some of them looked as if they'd been planted upside down, roots frizzing in the air.
He could visualize physical changes, like frizzing her hair and putting some big rings in her ears and a painted design on her forehead.
My hair lifted in uncombable clots of frizz, like iron filings stirred by a passing magnet.
Wearing the patched jubbeh of the Dervishes over his stained skin, his hair frizzed on the crown of his head and falling upon the nape of his neck in locks matted and gummed into the semblance of seaweed, he went about his search for Yusef through the wide streets of New Berber with its gaping pits.
The blond frizz job had also been reported involved in a peculiar altercation outside the Newberry Library.
But tonight, with her hair frizzing wild and full of dirt, her nylons ripped, her suit wrinkled and stained -- disheveled, disoriented, and desperate -- she felt that she fit in for the first time.
Long white sideburns frizzed his big face, a pair of skunkish stripes that seemed to sprout artificially from his black hair.