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friz·zle¹

(frĭz′əl)

v. friz·zled, friz·zling, friz·zles

v.tr.

1. To fry (something) until crisp and curled: frizzled the bacon.

2. To scorch or sear with heat.

v.intr.

To fry or sear with a sizzling noise.

[Possibly blend of fry and sizzle.]

friz·zle²

(frĭz′əl)

tr. & intr.v. friz·zled, friz·zling, friz·zles

To form or cause to be formed into small tight curls; frizz.

A small tight curl.

[Origin unknown.]

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frizzle

(ˈfrɪzəl)

(Hairdressing & Grooming) to form (the hair) into tight crisp curls; frizz

a tight crisp curl

[C16: probably related to Old English frīs curly, Old Frisian frēsle curl, ringlet]

ˈfrizzler n

frizzle

(ˈfrɪzəl)

1. to scorch or be scorched, esp with a sizzling noise

2. (Cookery) (tr) to fry (bacon, etc) until crisp

[C16: probably blend of fry¹ + sizzle]

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friz•zle¹

(ˈfrɪz əl)

v. , -zled, -zling,
n. v.t., v.i.

1. frizz ¹.

2. a short crisp curl.

[1555–65; orig. uncertain]

friz′zler, n.

friz•zle²

(ˈfrɪz əl)

v. -zled, -zling. v.i.

1. to make a sizzling or sputtering noise in frying or the like: bacon frizzling on the stove.

v.t.

2. to make (food) crisp by frying.

[1830–40; fr(y¹) + (s)izzle]

frizzle

Past participle: frizzled
Gerund: frizzling

Imperative
frizzle
frizzle

Present
I frizzle
you frizzle
he/she/it frizzles
we frizzle
you frizzle
they frizzle

Preterite
I frizzled
you frizzled
he/she/it frizzled
we frizzled
you frizzled
they frizzled

Present Continuous
I am frizzling
you are frizzling
he/she/it is frizzling
we are frizzling
you are frizzling
they are frizzling

Present Perfect
I have frizzled
you have frizzled
he/she/it has frizzled
we have frizzled
you have frizzled
they have frizzled

Past Continuous
I was frizzling
you were frizzling
he/she/it was frizzling
we were frizzling
you were frizzling
they were frizzling

Past Perfect
I had frizzled
you had frizzled
he/she/it had frizzled
we had frizzled
you had frizzled
they had frizzled

Future
I will frizzle
you will frizzle
he/she/it will frizzle
we will frizzle
you will frizzle
they will frizzle

Future Perfect
I will have frizzled
you will have frizzled
he/she/it will have frizzled
we will have frizzled
you will have frizzled
they will have frizzled

Future Continuous
I will be frizzling
you will be frizzling
he/she/it will be frizzling
we will be frizzling
you will be frizzling
they will be frizzling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been frizzling
you have been frizzling
he/she/it has been frizzling
we have been frizzling
you have been frizzling
they have been frizzling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been frizzling
you will have been frizzling
he/she/it will have been frizzling
we will have been frizzling
you will have been frizzling
they will have been frizzling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been frizzling
you had been frizzling
he/she/it had been frizzling
we had been frizzling
you had been frizzling
they had been frizzling

Conditional
I would frizzle
you would frizzle
he/she/it would frizzle
we would frizzle
you would frizzle
they would frizzle

Past Conditional
I would have frizzled
you would have frizzled
he/she/it would have frizzled
we would have frizzled
you would have frizzled
they would have frizzled

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Verb	1.	frizzle - fry something until it curls and becomes crisp cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" fry - cook on a hot surface using fat; "fry the pancakes"
	2.	frizzle - curl tightly; "crimp hair" frizz, kink, kink up, crape, crimp curl, wave - twist or roll into coils or ringlets; "curl my hair, please"

Translations

zischen

bruciacchiare friggere grigliare incresparsi

frizzle

vi (= sizzle) → brutzeln

bacon etc → knusprig braten

hair → kräuseln; a man with frizzled white hair → ein Mann mit weißem Kraushaar

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frizzle

[ˈfrɪzl] vi → sfrigolare
frizzled (up) → troppo croccante

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He was clad rather shabbily (but, as it seemed, more owing to his mother's carelessness than his father's poverty), in a blue apron, very wide and short trousers, shoes somewhat out at the toes, and a chip hat, with the frizzles of his curly hair sticking through its crevices.

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"She 'll think you cared more about your frizzles than your friends, and she 'll be about right, too."

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Much the miller's son fell to roasting the deer afresh, while another and fatter beast was set to frizzle on the other side of the fire.

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My hair, oh, my hair!" wailed Meg, looking with despair at the uneven frizzle on her forehead.

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Nothing, if I rightly call to mind, was left of my respected predecessor, save an imperfect skeleton, and some fragments of apparel, and a wig of majestic frizzle, which, unlike the head that it once adorned, was in very satisfactory preservation.

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I'm now on course to meet customer orders for frizzles and naked-necked chickens.

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