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frizz1 definition

frizz or friz (friz)

transitive verb, intransitive verb frizzed, frizzing friz′·zing

to form into small, tight curls

Etymology: Fr friser, to curl: see frieze

noun

hair, etc. that is frizzed
frizz2 definition

frizz (friz)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to fry with a sputtering, hissing noise; sizzle

Etymology: echoic alteration of fry

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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