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Definition: Frizz |
FrizzVerb1. Curl tightly, of hair. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "frizz" was first used: 1620. (references) |
Synonyms: FrizzSynonyms: crape (v), crimp (v), frizzle (v), kink (v), kink up (v). (additional references) |
| "Frizz" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 81.25% of the time. "Frizz" is used about 16 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 81.25% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 12.5% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 6.25% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 16 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "frizz": frizz up. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "frizz": frizz-beating. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
frizz ease | 86 |
frizz | 65 |
ease frieda frizz john | 11 |
anti frizz | 10 |
zero frizz | 10 |
frizz hair | 9 |
frizz control | 8 |
ease frizz relax | 6 |
frizz jheri redding | 4 |
eaze frizz | 4 |
ease frizz hair serum | 4 |
fish frizz | 3 |
ease frizz product | 3 |
ease frizz hair product | 3 |
anti frizz hair product | 2 |
anti dryer frizz ion ionic straight straightening | 2 |
anti frizz hair | 2 |
frizz free | 2 |
frizz hair serum | 2 |
frizz hair product wavy | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "frizz"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | flokë kaçurrela (friz), dredh (cast, convulse, curl, friz, roll, shake, spin, twist, vibrate, wriggle), bëj kaçurrela (curl, friz). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تجعد (corrugate, crease, crinkle, crispiness, crumple, curl, furrow, pucker, ruckle, seize, shrivel, wrinkle), جعد (corrugate, crease, crimp, crinkle, crumple, crush, frizzy, furrow, ruckle, ruffle, rumple). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | къдрица (curl, friz, frizzle, kiss-me-quick, lock, ringlet), пръскам (bespatter, scatter, shed, shoot, spatter, spit, splash, sprinkle, squirt, throw, throw about). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 卷曲 (Crimp, Crinkled, Crinkling, Curled, Curling, Curly, Frizzed, Frizzes, Frizzing, frizzy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | nakadeřit (curl, friz, frizzle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | faire friser, se frisotter. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | kräuseln (Crimp, dimple, frill, gather, gather in folds, knit, make frizzy, pucker, ruffle, screw up, stir, to dimple, to frill, wrinkle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κατσαρώνω (curl, frizzle, make curly), βόστρυχοσ (curl, tress), ψήνω (bake, cook, frizzle, roast, season, torrefy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | göndörség (crispness, friz), bodorít (to frizzle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sfriggere, riccio (bur, curl, curlicue, curly, hedgehog). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | izzfray frisar (crape, Crimp, crisp, curl, frizzle, goffer), frisado (crimpy, friz, frizzle, frizzly, fuzzy, Terry), ondular (coif, corrugate, Crimp, Crinkle, curl, dimple, flaunt, poise, poppy, ripple, splatter, undulate, wave), ondulação (corrugation, curl, curling, dimple, fold, friz, gurgitation, Popple, ripple, undulation, wave, wrinkle), encaracolar (crisp, curl, frizzle), encaracolado (annulate, curly, friz, frizzed, frizzly), cabelo ondulado. (various references) încreţi (corrugate, crisp, curl, dimple, fold, frizzle, knit, pleat, purse, ridge, ripple, ruffle, shrivel, wave, wrinkle). (various references) кудри (curles, friz), завивать (coif, curl, frounce). (various references) kovrdža (curl, friz, kink), cvrčati (chirp, chirr, chirrup, sizzle). (various references) rizar (Crimp, dimple, frill, frizzle, keck, ripple). (various references) krusa sig (ripple), krusa (Crimp, Crinkle, crisp, curl, frizzle, frounce, ripple, stand on ceremony), krulligt hår (friz, frizzle), krulla sig, krulla (crisp, frizzle), burrig, burr (brrh). (various references) kıvrım (bend, convolution, crease, Crimp, curve, flection, flexion, fold, hook, meander, plait, plat, sinuosity, sweep, twine, twirl, twist, undulation, volute), kıvrılmak (be twisted, bend, crisp, curl, curl up, frizzle, huddle up, meander, snuggle, squirm, sweep, tuck, tuck up, tuck up one's legs, twine itself, twist, twist about, wiggle, wind, wriggle, wriggle about), kıvırmak (angle, bend, contort, Crimp, crisp, crook, curl, curl up, do successfully, drape, enfold, entwine, entwist, fold, fold down, frill, frizzle, gauffer, goffer, gopher, handle, have a command of, inflect, intwine, manage, meander, squirm, squirm out of, tuck, tuck in, tuck up, turn back, turn down, twist, wind, wind up), cızırdayarak kızarmak (frizzle), bukle olmak, bukle (coil, corkscrew curls, curl, hank, lock, Lovelock, pouf, pouffe, puff, ringlet). (various references) кучерявитися, кучері (kink), завивати (becurl, crisp, curl, frizzle, ululate, wail, wave). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| French | 1500-Modern | friser. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "frizz": frizzed, frizzer, frizzers, frizzes, frizzier, frizziest, frizzily, frizziness, frizzinesses, frizzing, frizzle, frizzled, frizzler, frizzlers, frizzles, frizzlier, frizzliest, frizzling, frizzly, frizzy. (additional references) | |
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"Frizz" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: feruzzi, Firoz, firz, fizzo, fraz, freiz, frez, frezze, friez, Frinza, fris, Friso, friss, Fritzsch, friza, frizi, frizt, Frizzo, Fuiza. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "f-i-r-z-z" | |
-1 letter: fizz, friz. | |
-2 letters: fir, fiz, rif. | |
-3 letters: if. | |
| Words containing the letters "f-i-r-z-z" | |
+1 letter: fizzer, frizzy. | |
+2 letters: fizzers, fizzier, frizzed, frizzer, frizzes, frizzle, frizzly, fuzzier. | |
+3 letters: frizzers, frizzier, frizzily, frizzing, frizzled, frizzler, frizzles. | |
+4 letters: frazzling, frizziest, frizzlers, frizzlier, frizzling. | |
+5 letters: frizziness, frizzliest. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 72 69 7A 7A |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. .-. .. --.. --.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01110010 01101001 01111010 01111010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F r i z z |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0072 0069 007A 007A |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4084759292 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage Frequency 4. Expressions | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Translations: Ancient 8. Derivations | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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