Frizzle

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Frizzle \Friz"zle\, n.
     A curl; a lock of hair crisped. --Milton.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {To frizzle up}, to crinkle or crisp excessively.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  frizzle
       v 1: fry something until it curls and becomes crisp
       2: curl tightly; "crimp hair" [syn: {crimp}, {crape}, {frizz},
          {kink up}, {kink}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  44 Moby Thesaurus words for "frizzle":
     bake, barbecue, baste, blanch, boil, braise, brew, broil, brown,
     coddle, cook, crimp, curl, curry, devil, do, do to perfection,
     fire, fricassee, frizz, fry, griddle, grill, heat, lock, oven-bake,
     pan, pan-broil, parboil, poach, ponytail, prepare, prepare food,
     ringlet, roast, saute, scallop, sear, shirr, simmer, steam, stew,
     stir-fry, toast