2syllables
curling
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Definitions ofcurling
1verb
- To cause to move in a curve.
- To make into a curl or spiral.
- To assume the shape of a curl or spiral.
- To move in curves.
- To take part in the sport of curling.
Example: "I curl at my local club every weekend."
- To exercise by bending the arm, wrist, or leg on the exertion against resistance, especially of the biceps.
- To twist or form (the hair, etc.) into ringlets.
- To deck with, or as if with, curls; to ornament.
- To raise in waves or undulations; to ripple.
- (hat-making) To shape (the brim of a hat) into a curve.
1noun
- The action or motion of something that curls or is curled.
Example: "a scornful curling of the lip"
- A winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice and attempt to get their color stones closest to the house (a circular target marked on the ice).
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