frizz
verb/frɪz/
/frɪz/
[intransitive, transitive] (informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they frizz | /frɪz/ /frɪz/ |
| he / she / it frizzes | /ˈfrɪzɪz/ /ˈfrɪzɪz/ |
| past simple frizzed | /frɪzd/ /frɪzd/ |
| past participle frizzed | /frɪzd/ /frɪzd/ |
| -ing form frizzing | /ˈfrɪzɪŋ/ /ˈfrɪzɪŋ/ |
- frizz (something) (of hair) to become very curly and untidy instead of smooth and neat; to make hair become like this
- The moisture frizzed up my hair.
Word Originlate Middle English: from French friser. The current sense dates from the late 16th cent.
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