Frizzle /(?)/

Friz·zle

Frizzle

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Frizzled; p. pr. & vb. n. Frizzling

  1. To curl or crisp, as hair; to friz; to crinkle.

Phrases & Compounds
To frizzle up
to crinkle or crisp excessively.

Frizzle

v. t. & i.

imp. & p. p. Frizzled; p. pr. & vb. n. Frizzling

  1. To fry, toast, or broil with a sputtering sound to cook with a sizzling noise. Also fig.
  2. To cook, in certain way, so as to curl or crinkle up.
    Drain and heat it [shaved smoked beef] in one tablespoonful of hot butter, to curl or frizzle it.
    — Mrs. Lincoln (Cook Book).

Frizzle

n.
  1. A curl; a lock of hair crisped.