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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
frizzle
    v 1: fry something until it curls and becomes crisp
    2: curl tightly; "crimp hair" [syn: crimp, crape, frizzle,
       frizz, kink up, kink]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.]

4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Frizzle \Friz"zle\, n.
   A curl; a lock of hair crisped. --Milton.
   [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for frizzle:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
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