frizzle

Fry until curled

Frizzle means to fry or cook until crisp and curled at the edges: bacon frizzling in the pan.

The word suggests sizzling heat and the texture that results.

Frizzle also describes hair that's tightly curled or frizzy, and the verb can mean to form into tight curls or to scorch: The sun frizzled the leaves.

fry

sizzle

Sound of frying

  • panShallow cooking vessel
  • skilletShallow pan for frying
  • baconCured smoked pork

crisp · crackle · render · grease · breakfast · golden · curled · shrivel · heat · cook

curl

ringlet

Spiral lock of hair

  • coilWound circular arrangement
  • spiralCurve winding around center
  • twistRotating motion or surprise

kink · lock · whorl · loop · curlicue · corkscrew · wave · tendril · helix · swirl

frizz

fuzz

Fine downy fibers

bushy · fluff · volume · humidity · unruly · wispy · disheveled · bedhead · electrified · pouf

Categories
Opposites
hair texture/styling

frizzlestraighten

Make linear or orderly

smooth · sleek · flatten · relax · press

cooking action

frizzlesteam

Heated water's gaseous form

poach · boil · moisten · braise · simmer

Phrases
Family

frizzy, frizz, frizzled, frizzed, frizzles, frizzling

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G