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Definition: Frizzle |
FrizzleVerb1. Fry something until its curls and becomes crisp. 2. Curl tightly, of hair. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "frizzle" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1812. (references) |
Synonyms: FrizzleSynonyms: crape (v), crimp (v), frizz (v), kink (v), kink up (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Convolution | Verb: be convoluted; Adjective:wind, twine, turn and twist, twirl; wave, undulate, meander; inosculate; entwine, intwine; twist, coil, roll; wrinkle, curl, crisp, twill; frizzle; crimp, crape, indent, scollop, scallop, wring, intort; contort; wreathe; (cross). |
Curvature | Render curved; Adjective: flex, bend, curve, incurvate; inflect; deflect, scatter; refract (light); crook; turn, round, arch, arcuate, arch over, concamerate; bow, curl, recurve, frizzle. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Frizzle |
| English words defined with "frizzle": Friz, Frizzled, Frizzling, Frounce. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "frizzle": Friseur'. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Frizzle" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 50.00% of the time. "Frizzle" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 50% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (proper) | 25% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (singular) | 25% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 4 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "frizzle" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Frizzle | Last name | 170 | 47,389 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expression using "frizzle": To frizzle up. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
frizzle | 14 |
chicken frizzle | 10 |
frizzle ms | 6 |
frizzle sizzle | 4 |
frizzle fry primus | 4 |
frizzle mrs | 3 |
frizzle fry | 2 |
frizzle miss | 2 |
bantams frizzle | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "frizzle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | fërgoj fort, cërcëritje (crackle), cërcërit, cërcëret. (various references) | |
Arabic | قلى شيئا. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | къдрица (curl, friz, frizz, kiss-me-quick, lock, ringlet), накъдрям (ripple), пържа (torrefy). (various references) | |
Chinese | 煎脆 (Frizzled, Frizzling). (various references) | |
Czech | nakadeřit (curl, friz, frizz). (various references) | |
Finnish | käristää (broil, fry). (various references) | |
French | frire (fry). (various references) | |
German | zischen (barrack, bomb, fizz, fizzle, fizzling, hiss, howl, roar, sibilance, sizzle, splutter, sputter, swish, to fizzle, to frizzle, to hiss, to sizzle, whiz, whizz, zing, zip), knusprig braten, brutzeln (sizzle, sputter). (various references) | |
Greek | σγουραίνω (crisp, curl, friz). (various references) | |
Hungarian | göndörített haj, bodros haj (crimps), bodorított haj. (various references) | |
Italian | grillare (sizzle, whiz), arricciarsi (Crinkle, curl), arricciare (become curly, Crimp, Crinkle, curl, dimple, frill, frizz, pucker). (various references) | |
Manx | freeghey (fry, frying). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | izzlefray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | fritar (frit, fry), frisar (crape, crimp, crisp, curl, frizz, goffer), frigir (fry), encaracolar (crisp, curl, frizz). (various references) | |
Romanian | frige la grãtar (broil, grill, spitchcock), fi creţ, pãr cârlionţat, cârlionţa (curl), buclã (coil, curl, forelock, knot, lock, loop, ringlet, ripple, tress), încreţi (corrugate, crisp, curl, dimple, fold, frizz, knit, pleat, purse, ridge, ripple, ruffle, shrivel, wave, wrinkle). (various references) | |
Russian | завивка (curl, wave), жариться с шипением, жарить с шипением. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | uvojak (curl, curlicue, lock, ringlet, tress, volution), malaksati od vrućine, ispržiti. (various references) | |
Spanish | rizos (crimp, frizz, kinkle), rizar (Crimp, dimple, frill, frizz, keck, ripple). (various references) | |
Swedish | fräsa (fizz, fizzle, Fry, hiss, mill, spit, splutter, sputter), steka (braise, broil, Fry, jug, roast), krusa håret, krusa (Crimp, Crinkle, crisp, curl, frizz, frounce, ripple, stand on ceremony), krulligt hår (friz, frizz), krulla (crisp, frizz). (various references) | |
Turkish | kıvrılmak (be twisted, bend, crisp, curl, curl up, frizz, huddle up, meander, snuggle, squirm, sweep, tuck, tuck up, tuck up one's legs, twine itself, twist, twist about, wiggle, wind, wriggle, wriggle about), kıvırmak (angle, bend, contort, Crimp, crisp, crook, curl, curl up, do successfully, drape, enfold, entwine, entwist, fold, fold down, frill, frizz, gauffer, goffer, gopher, handle, have a command of, inflect, intwine, manage, meander, squirm, squirm out of, tuck, tuck in, tuck up, turn back, turn down, twist, wind, wind up), cızırdayarak kızarmak (frizz), cızırdatarak kızartmak. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | смажитися (cook, grill, roast), смажити (roast), кучер (coachman, curl, kinkle, link, ringlet, swirl, tendril, whip), витися (clamber, climb, creep, curl, snake, wave, wind, wreathe), завивка (curl, hair-wave, wave), завивати (becurl, crisp, curl, frizz, ululate, wail, wave), підсмажування. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | tóc uốn (friz), tóc quăn (friz). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "frizzle": frizzled, frizzler, frizzlers, frizzles. (additional references) | |
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"Frizzle" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Brizzell, firzal, Frenzel, frezze, Frizzel, frizzen, Rizzla. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-f-i-l-r-z-z" | |
-1 letter: fizzer, fizzle. | |
-2 letters: filer, flier, frizz, lifer, rifle. | |
-3 letters: file, fire, fizz, friz, lief, lier, life, lire, reif, riel, rife, rile. | |
-4 letters: elf, fer, fez, fie, fil, fir, fiz, ire, lei, lez, lie, ref, rei, rif. | |
-5 letters: ef, el, er, if, li, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-f-i-l-r-z-z" | |
+1 letter: frizzled, frizzler, frizzles. | |
+2 letters: frizzlers, frizzlier. | |
+3 letters: frizzliest. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Names: Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Anagrams 12. Bibliography |
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