Curlicue

3 definitions found

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

  curlicue \curl"i*cue\ (k?rl"?-k?), n. [Cf. F. caracole.]
     Some thing curled or spiral, as a flourish made with a pen on
     paper, or with skates on the ice; a trick; a frolicsome
     caper. [Sometimes written {curlycue} or {carlicue}.] [
     Colloq. U.S.]
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  curlicue
       n 1: a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles [syn:
             {coil}, {whorl}, {roll}, {curl}, {ringlet}, {gyre}, {scroll}]
       2: a short twisting line [syn: {squiggle}]

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

  23 Moby Thesaurus words for "curlicue":
     cirrus, coil, corkscrew, curl, evolute, gyre, helix, involute,
     kink, ringlet, roll, screw, scroll, spiral, swirl, tendril, twirl,
     twist, volute, volution, vortex, whirl, whorl