frizzle

frizzle
    v 1: fry something until it curls and becomes crisp
    2: curl tightly; "crimp hair" [syn: {crimp}, {crape}, {frizzle},
       {frizz}, {kink up}, {kink}]
    

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

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.]
    

44 Moby Thesaurus words for "frizzle":
      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