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frizzing

frizzing is the present participle and gerund of frizz.

Meaning of frizz

Verb

frizz (third-person singular simple present frizzes, present participle frizzing, simple past and past participle frizzed)

  1. (intransitive) Of hair, to form into a mass of tight curls.
  2. (transitive) To curl; to make frizzy.
    • with her hair frized short up to her ears1660 December 1 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, transcriber, “November 22nd, 1660”, in Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley, editor, The Diary of Samuel Pepys […], volume I...
  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.

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Phrases with frizzing

Questions about frizzing

What is frizzing the present participle and gerund of?
Frizzing is the present participle and gerund of frizz.

Words near frizzing in the dictionary

  1. frizzier
  2. frizzies
  3. frizziest
  4. frizzily
  5. frizziness
  6. frizzing
  7. frizzing up
  8. frizzle
  9. frizzle fowl
  10. frizzled
  11. frizzler

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