Found 2 items, similar to Frizzle.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: frizzle
frizzle
v 1: fry something until it curls and becomes crisp
2: curl tightly;
“crimp hair” [syn:
crimp,
crape,
frizz,
kink up,
kink]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Frizzle
Frizzle
\Friz"zle\, n.
A curl; a lock of hair crisped. --Milton.
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Frizzle
\Friz"zle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Frizzled; p. pr. & vb.
n.
Frizzling.] [Dim. of
friz.]
To curl or crisp, as hair; to friz; to crinkle. --Gay.
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To frizzle up, to crinkle or crisp excessively.
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Frizzle
\Friz"zle\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.
Frizzled; p. pr.
& vb. n.
Frizzling.] [Freq. of an imitative word frizz, in
dial. use.]
1. To fry, toast, or broil with a sputtering sound to cook
with a sizzling noise. Also fig. --Hawthorne.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. To cook, in certain way, so as to curl or crinkle up.
Drain and heat it [shaved smoked beef] in one
tablespoonful of hot butter, to curl or frizzle it.
--Mrs. Lincoln
(Cook Book).
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]