verb · transitive · rare

frizzle

frizzle · frizzles · frizzled · frizzling

To fry something until crisp and curledTo fry something until crisp and curled.

/ˈfɹɪzəl/

Meaning

4 senses

(transitive)To fry something until crisp and curled.
fry something until it curls and becomes crisp
(transitive)To scorch.
(intransitive)To fry noisily, sizzle.
The bacon frizzled in the pan.
(ambitransitive)To curl or crisp, as hair; to frizz; to crinkle.
curl tightly

Origin

From frizz + -le. Cognate with West Frisian frisselje (“to plait, braid”), Old Frisian fri

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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Forms

frizzles, frizzling, frizzled, frizzled

Base form	frizzle · to frizzle
3rd person singular	frizzles
Present participle	frizzling
Past simple	frizzled
Past participle	frizzled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	frizzle
he, she, it	frizzles

Past simpleLesson

all persons

frizzled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have frizzled
he, she, it	has frizzled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will frizzle

Synonyms

5 synonyms

Close in meaning

curl tightly:crimp crape frizz kink up kink

Word family

2 related words

Derivedfrizzler frizzly

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle