English

Verb

frizz ‎(third-person singular simple present frizzes, present participle frizzing, simple past and past participle frizzed)

1. (intransitive) Of hair, to form into a mass of tight curls.
2. (transitive) To curl; to make frizzy.
   • Samuel Pepys (1633-1703)

     with her hair frizzed short up to her ears

   • 1937, John Betjeman, Slough

     In labour-saving homes, with care, / Their wives frizz out peroxide hair.

   • 1977, Agatha Christie, An Autobiography, Part II, chapter4:

     There was also hairdressing: hairdressing, too, really was hairdressing in those times — no running a comb through it and that was that. It was curled, frizzed, waved, put in curlers overnight, waved with hot tongs; […]

3. To form into little burs, knobs, or tufts, as the nap of cloth.
4. To make (leather) soft and of even thickness by rubbing, as with pumice stone or a blunt instrument.
5. To fry, cook, or sear with a sizzling noise; to sizzle.

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Related terms

• friseur
• frizzle

Etymology 2

From Middle English fryse, from the verb. See above.

Noun

frizz ‎(uncountable)

1. A mass of tightly curled or unruly hair.

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