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curling someone's hair

curling someone's hair is the present participle and gerund of curl someone's hair.

Meaning of curl someone's hair

Verb

curl someone's hair (third-person singular simple present curls someone's hair, present participle curling someone's hair, simple past and past participle curled someone's hair)

  1. (idiomatic) To frighten, dismay, or excite someone thoroughly.
    • "I'm not hankering for the dramatic in life, but we had a run last night that would curl your hair."1903, Andy Adams, chapter 7, in The Log of a Cowboy
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see curl, someone's, hair.

Questions about curling someone's hair

What is curling someone's hair the present participle and gerund of?
Curling someone's hair is the present participle and gerund of curl someone's hair.

Words near curling someone's hair in the dictionary

  1. curling iron
  2. curling irons
  3. curling one off
  4. curling one out
  5. curling parent
  6. curling someone's hair
  7. curling stick
  8. curling sticks
  9. curling stone
  10. curling stones
  11. curling tongs

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