noun
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any of various pins, clasps, or rollers used to curl or wave hair
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a person or thing that curls
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a person who plays curling
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Etymology
Origin of curler
Example Sentences
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Training for the Olympics is a Sisyphean task, but if you’re a curler, pushing a rock is kind of your thing.
From Slate ● Feb. 27, 2026
As I’m seemingly force-fed curling every time I turn on the Winter Olympics, I have no orientation as to what it takes to be a good curler.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2026
In other words, he’s a slip-and-fall attorney who would become an Olympian if a curler slips and falls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
But you become a better curler, a better friend and a better person for it.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026
After my hair was straightened, I had curls put in with a hot curler.
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
There are plenty of everyday gadgets too, from vacuum cleaners that can clear stains in seconds to shiny espresso machines and hair curlers.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026
Great Britain's joyless start to the Winter Paralympics continued as wheelchair curlers Jo Butterfield and Jason Kean let slip their grasp on the mixed doubles semi-finals and missed out on qualifying.
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2026
“As Canadian curlers, we were targeted. And to go out and pull her rock like that, I think it was a tragedy.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2026
But those paled in comparison to the outcry that erupted when some curlers — Canadian curlers — were accused of bending the rules.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2026
“I. . . well, finally Chiron came out in his pajamas and his horse tail in curlers and—” “He wears curlers in his tail?”
From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan
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