curler
/ˈkɜː(ɹ)lə(ɹ)/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.51 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A wave which breaks with a barrel
Example Sentences
- "Waiting for a girl who's got curlers in her hair / Waiting for a girl, she has no money anywhere"
- "There was also hairdressing: hairdressing, too, really was hairdressing in those times — no running a comb through it and that was that. It was curled, frizzed, waved, put in curlers overnight, waved with hot tongs;[…]."
- "The captain sent a curler into the top corner of the net."
- "Lampard was replaced by Kalou but the substitute immediately gave the ball to Jonas, whose 25-yard curler was tipped wide by Cech."
- "Liverpool were energised at the start of the second half, with Curtis Jones shaping a curler just past the far post."
- "He opens his body, just before the edge of the box, and unleashes a powerful low curler into the bottom right! The net billows! The crowd explode!"
Etymology
Etymology tree English curl Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English curler From curl + -er.