frizzle
/ˈfɹɪzəl/
frizzle verb: to fry something until crisp and curled.
Verb
frizzle (third-person singular simple present frizzles, present participle frizzling, simple past and past participle frizzled)
- To fry something until crisp and curled.
- Drain and heat it [shaved smoked beef] in one tablespoonful of hot butter, to curl or frizzle it.1884, Mary Johnson Bailey Lincoln, Mrs. Lincoln's Boston Cook Book: What to Do and What Not to Do in Cooking
- To scorch.
- It had been his intention to go to Wimbledon, but as he himself said: “Why be blooming well frizzled when you can hear all the results over the wireless. And results are all that concern me. […]”1935, George Goodchild, chapter 3, in Death on the Centre Court
- To fry noisily, sizzle.
- The bacon frizzled in the pan.
- To curl or crisp, as hair; to frizz; to crinkle.
- Now am I prowder of this pouertie, which I know is mine owne, than a wayting gentlewoman is, of a frizled groateſworth of haire, that neuer grewe on her head: […]1599 November–December (date written; published 1600), Thomas Dekker, “The Pleasant Comoedie of Old Fortunatus. […]”, in The Dramatic Works of Thomas Dekker […], volume I, London: John Pearson […]...
Noun
frizzle (plural frizzles)
- A curl; a lock of hair crisped.
- The frizzle-headed man-eaters were loath to leave their fleshpots so long as the harvest of human carcases was plentiful. Sometimes, when the harvest was too plentiful, they imposed on the missionaries by letting the word slip out that on such a day there would be a killing and a barbecue.1909 December 29, Jack London, “The Whale Tooth”, in South Sea Tales, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, published October 1911, →OCLC, page 61
- A frizzle fowl
frizzle meaning in Tamil
frizzle in Tamil
- சுருட்டை
Forms of frizzle
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | frizzles |
| present participle | frizzling |
| past participle | frizzled |
| past | frizzled |
| alternative form | frizle |
| alternative form | frisle |
| alternative form | frizel |
| alternative form | frizil |
| Noun | |
| plural | frizzles |
Origin of frizzle
From frizz + -le. Cognate with West Frisian frisselje (“to plait, braid”), Old Frisian frisle, fresle (“head of the hair, lock of hair”). More at frizz.
Words formed from frizzle
Phrases with frizzle
Words that rhyme with frizzle
Questions about frizzle
- What does frizzle mean?
- Frizzle means to fry something until crisp and curled.
- What is frizzle in Tamil?
- Frizzle in Tamil is சுருட்டை. See Frizzle meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is frizzle?
- Frizzle can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce frizzle?
- Frizzle is pronounced /ˈfɹɪzəl/.
- What is the past tense of frizzle?
- The past tense of frizzle is frizzled.
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