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frizzle.

To fry something until crisp and curled.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈfɹɪzəl/
  1. To fry something until crisp and curled.

    transitive
  2. To scorch.

    transitive
  3. To fry noisily, sizzle.

    intransitive
    The bacon frizzled in the pan.
  4. To curl or crisp, as hair; to frizz; to crinkle.

    ambitransitive
Where this word comes from

From frizz + -le. Cognate with West Frisian frisselje (“to plait, braid”), Old Frisian frisle, fresle (“head of the hair, lock of hair”). More at frizz.

noun/ˈfɹɪzəl/
  1. A curl; a lock of hair crisped.

  2. A frizzle fowl

Where this word comes from

From frizz + -le. Cognate with West Frisian frisselje (“to plait, braid”), Old Frisian frisle, fresle (“head of the hair, lock of hair”). More at frizz.

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