The meaning of Curly

noun

A device for pulling corks from bottles, consisting of a spiral metal rod that is inserted into the cork, and a handle that extracts it.

Usage examples:

Then he puts the bottle between his legs and inserts an old fashioned corkscrew, pulls and tugs bef…

verb

Move or twist in a spiral motion.

Usage examples:

The plane was corkscrewing towards the earth

verb

Compress (something) into small folds or ridges.

Usage examples:

She crimped the edge of the pie

noun

A folded or compressed edge.

Usage examples:

Anyway, hayley has pouffed her hair out into some ‘rock star’ curls and crimps, and she looks prett…

noun

A restriction or limitation.

Usage examples:

The crimp on take-home pay has been even tighter since taxes were raised

adjective

Full of creases or wrinkles; wrinkled.

Usage examples:

Brown crinkly paper

adjective

Used to say something is covered in many small lines and folds

Usage examples:

Rhubarb chard has luminous red stems and dark, crinkly leaves., she wore a crinkly green silk dress.

verb

Form or cause to form into a curved or spiral shape.

Usage examples:

Her fingers curled round the microphone

noun

Something in the shape of a spiral or coil, especially a lock of hair.

Usage examples:

Her blonde hair was a mass of tangled curls

noun

A weightlifting exercise involving movement of only the hands, wrists, and forearms.

Usage examples:

A dumb-bell curl

noun

A game played on ice, especially in scotland and canada, in which large round flat stones are slid across the surface towards a mark. members of a team use brooms to sweep the surface of the ice in the path of the stone to control its speed and direction.

Usage examples:

If you knew that the preliminary rounds of olympic curling began this week, you're probably on the …

verb

Form or cause to form into a curved or spiral shape.

Usage examples:

Her fingers curled round the microphone

verb

Form (hair) into a mass of small, tight curls.

Usage examples:

Her hair was crimped and frizzed into a leonine mane

noun

The state of being formed into a mass of small, tight curls.

Usage examples:

A perm system designed to add curl without frizz

verb

Past simple and past participle of frizz

Usage examples:

My hair has a tendency to frizz in high humidity.

adjective

Formed of a mass of small, tight curls.

Usage examples:

Frizzy red hair

adjective

(of hair) having small, tight curls and not being smooth or shiny

Usage examples:

[ t ] the rain frizzes my hair., she had a huge frizz of red hair.

adjective

Having a frizzy texture or appearance.

Usage examples:

Fuzzy fake-fur throw pillows

adjective

Not clear or not easily heard, seen, or understood

Usage examples:

Is the picture always fuzzy on your tv?, the basic facts of the story are starting to emerge though…

verb

Form or cause to form a sharp twist or curve.

Usage examples:

The river kinks violently in a right angle

noun

A sharp twist or curve in something that is otherwise straight.

Usage examples:

A kink in the road

noun

A crick in the neck.

Usage examples:

His neck had a kink from sleeping in one position for so long.

adjective

Involving or given to unusual sexual behaviour.

Usage examples:

No low-down, filthy, kinky behaviour, or even smutty talk.

adjective

Unusual, strange, and possibly exciting, especially in ways involving unusual sexual acts

Usage examples:

Kinky ideas/behaviour

adjective

Kinky hair forms tight curls (= curving shapes) in a zigzag (= like a z or a row of zs joined together) or s-shaped pattern from the scalp (= the part of the head where the hair grows)

Usage examples:

My hair is naturally kinky., she was one of the first models with short, kinky hair to feature in w…

adjective

(of hair) made curly using a special chemical

Usage examples:

She has shoulder-length permed blonde hair., naturally curly or permed hair can be scraped back int…

adjective

Having a form or edge that smoothly curves in and out.

Usage examples:

She had long, wavy hair

adjective

Curving in shape, or having a series of curves

Usage examples:

Jasmine’s got wavy blond hair.

adjective

Resembling wire in form and texture.

Usage examples:

His wiry black hair

adjective

(of a person) thin but strong

Usage examples:

He was a wiry man 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighing 145 pounds.