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friz·zle 1

 (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·zle 2

 (frĭz′əl)
tr. & intr.v. friz·zled, friz·zling, friz·zles
To form or cause to be formed into small tight curls; frizz.
n.
A small tight curl.

[Origin unknown.]
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frizzle

(ˈfrɪzəl)
vb
(Hairdressing & Grooming) to form (the hair) into tight crisp curls; frizz
n
a tight crisp curl
[C16: probably related to Old English frīs curly, Old Frisian frēsle curl, ringlet]
ˈfrizzler n

frizzle

(ˈfrɪzəl)
vb
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. n.
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]
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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
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.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"
curl, wave - twist or roll into coils or ringlets; "curl my hair, please"
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Translations

frizzle

vi (= sizzle)brutzeln
vt
bacon etcknusprig braten
hairkräuseln; a man with frizzled white hairein Mann mit weißem Kraushaar
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frizzle

[ˈfrɪzl] visfrigolare
frizzled (up) → troppo croccante
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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From the Palace of the Tuileries, through Monseigneur and the whole Court, through the Chambers, the Tribunals of Justice, and all society (except the scarecrows), the Fancy Ball descended to the Common Executioner: who, in pursuance of the charm, was required to officiate "frizzled, powdered, in a gold-laced coat, pumps, and white silk stockings." At the gallows and the wheel--the axe was a rarity--Monsieur Paris, as it was the episcopal mode among his brother Professors of the provinces, Monsieur Orleans, and the rest, to call him, presided in this dainty dress.
Their heads and breasts were covered with a thick hair, some frizzled, and others lank; they had beards like goats, and a long ridge of hair down their backs, and the fore parts of their legs and feet; but the rest of their bodies was bare, so that I might see their skins, which were of a brown buff colour.
I should not have been surprised if the wet black beard had frizzled and curled and flared up in smoke and flame.
Grewgious, after several times running out, and in again, to mention such supplementary items as marmalade, eggs, watercresses, salted fish, and frizzled ham, ran across to Furnival's without his hat, to give his various directions.
Men of one idea, like a hen with one chicken, and that a duckling; men of a thousand ideas, and unkempt heads, like those hens which are made to take charge of a hundred chickens, all in pursuit of one bug, a score of them lost in every morning's dew -- and become frizzled and mangy in consequence; men of ideas instead of legs, a sort of intellectual centipede that made you crawl all over.
Pue's mental part, and the internal operations of his head, than the frizzled wig had contained of the venerable skull itself.
Hair does not grow upon the American women's heads; it is made for them by cunning workmen in the shops, and is curled and frizzled into scandalous and ungodly forms.
Her mother was a small, spare, light person, with a wandering eye, a very exiguous nose, and a large forehead, decorated with a certain amount of thin, much frizzled hair.
In the accompanying variations, I've offered a few suggestions for how that might look: shredded Brussels sprouts, hashed just until buoyant with crushed cumin, lemon and chopped cilantro; roasted cauliflower florets and frizzled leeks edged with crushed caraway and mustard seed; roasted golden beets, given some levity with a quick vinegar bath and a fluff of spicy mustard greens.
A total of 2,700 one-day old Saudi native chicks, representing six breeds (naked neck black, frizzled brown, black, black barred, brown and gray) (450 each) were kept in the poultry research station, Qassim University.
From my enquiries, the Luhya, Kisii and Kamba ethnic communities believe that if you slaughter a frizzled chicken for your landlord or lady, they'll never recall that you have unpaid rent arrears.