Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

curl someone's hair

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.45 in modern English

Syllables: curl -some-one's hair
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

3

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To frighten, dismay, or excite someone thoroughly.

verb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see curl, someone's, hair.

Example Sentences

""I'm not hankering for the dramatic in life, but we had a run last night that would curl your hair.""
""Tell the son-of-a-gun for me that next time we meet I'll curl his hair right.""
""I'd have written him such a letter as would have curled his hair.""
"After I printed that letter the volume of mail I received from survivors of child sexual abuse curled my hair."
"Yanking open the door to the bathroom, I was greeted with a stink foul enough to curl my hair."

Inflected Forms

curls someone's hair (present, singular) curling someone's hair (participle, present) curled someone's hair (participle, past) curled someone's hair (past) make someone's hair curl (alternative)

Phrases

hair-curling

Frequently Paired Words

hair-curling

Questions

What does curl someone's hair mean?: To frighten, dismay, or excite someone thoroughly.

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