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outcurl

outcurl verb: to curl outward.

Verb

outcurl (third-person singular simple present outcurls, present participle outcurling, simple past and past participle outcurled)

  1. (intransitive, poetic) To curl outward.
  2. (transitive) To surpass in curling.
    • As long as we're still shooting good numbers I am more than happy to accept a loss if they outcurl us.2009 April 8, Bill Graveland, “Canadian skip has killer instinct”, in Toronto Star

Forms of outcurl

third-person singular presentoutcurls
present participleoutcurling
past participleoutcurled
pastoutcurled

Origin of outcurl

From out- + curl.

Questions about outcurl

What does outcurl mean?
Outcurl means to curl outward.
What part of speech is outcurl?
Outcurl is a verb.
What is the past tense of outcurl?
The past tense of outcurl is outcurled.

Words near outcurl in the dictionary

  1. outcun
  2. outcure
  3. outcured
  4. outcures
  5. outcuring
  6. outcurl
  7. outcurled
  8. outcurling
  9. outcurls
  10. outcurse
  11. outcursed

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