Frizz

Quick meaning: Frizz is a verb meaning (intransitive) Of hair, to form into a mass of tight curls.

Meaning

(intransitive) Of hair, to form into a mass of tight curls.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To curl; to make frizzy.
2. To form into little burs, knobs, or tufts, as the nap of cloth.
3. To make (leather) soft and of even thickness by rubbing, as with pumice stone or a blunt instrument.
4. To fry, cook, or sear with a sizzling noise; to sizzle.
5. A mass of tightly curled or unruly hair.

Example Sentences

with her hair frized short up to her ears

In labour-saving homes, with care, / Their wives frizz out peroxide hair.

There was also hairdressing: hairdressing, too, really was hairdressing in those times — no running a comb through it and that was that. It was curled, frizzed, waved, put in curlers overnight, waved with hot tongs; […]

Word Forms

• frizzes
• frizzing
• frizzed
• friz

Synonyms for frizz

Depending on context, synonyms include crimp, frizzle, crape, kink.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include frizzle, crape, crimp, kink, curl, frounce.

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