Definitions for: Frizzle


[v] fry something until its curls and becomes crisp
[v] curl tightly, of hair



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

To frizzle up, to crinkle or crisp excessively.


Friz"zle, n.
A curl; a lock of hair crisped. --Milton.


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.

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).

Synonyms: crape, crimp, frizz, kink, kink up

See Also: curl, fry, wave

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