I. verb
also friz ˈfriz
( frizzed ; frizzed ; frizzing ; frizzes )
Etymology: alteration (influenced by frizzle ) of French friser to shrivel up (as meat when fried), curl, crimp, probably from fris-, stem of frire to fry — more at fry
transitive verb
1. : to form into small tight curls : curl
plays a frizzed girl of the 20s — Time
— often used with up
a young girl frizzing up her hair in preparation for a date
2. : to remove a thin layer of the grain side of (a skin) in leather manufacture (as by rubbing with pumice stone or a blunt instrument after prolonged liming) ; also : to pare off with a sharp knife (as in the making of glove leather)
intransitive verb
of hair : to be in or form into a mass of tight curls
II. noun
also friz “
( -es )
1. : a tight curl or curls
she took a pencil from the frizz behind her ear — Elizabeth Taylor
2. : hair that is tightly curled
III. verb
( -ed/-ing/-es )
Etymology: alteration (influenced by sizzle ) of fry (I)
: to fry, cook, or sear with a sizzling noise : sizzle