curling
a game played on ice in which two teams of four players each compete in sliding curling stones toward a mark in the center of a circular target.
Origin of curling
1- Compare house (def. 21).
Words Nearby curling
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
How to use curling in a sentence
So, time to get wavy and scroll through the best curling irons below.
Best curling iron: Hair styling tools to create the curls you seek no matter your hair type | Irena Collaku | August 12, 2021 | Popular-ScienceCeramic curling irons are great for fine and processed hair because they don’t get as hot as other types—plus, they create lots of shine.
Best curling iron: Hair styling tools to create the curls you seek no matter your hair type | Irena Collaku | August 12, 2021 | Popular-ScienceSecondly, the materials used in the curling iron, your budget, and your hair styling savvy may be important to think about when choosing the best option for you.
Best curling iron: Hair styling tools to create the curls you seek no matter your hair type | Irena Collaku | August 12, 2021 | Popular-SciencePomeroy began his curling blog last summer, after the end of the 2020 college basketball season was erased by the pandemic.
After changing the way we analyze basketball, Ken Pomeroy turns to curling | Matt Bonesteel | February 26, 2021 | Washington PostThe place where I played hockey they had a curling league so I discovered curling through there.
After changing the way we analyze basketball, Ken Pomeroy turns to curling | Matt Bonesteel | February 26, 2021 | Washington Post
That included a toe-curling account of the moment he was told he would be the next United boss.
My sisters opened a beauty parlor in their bedroom, curling hair with crisscrossed bobby pins and calling it a perm.
‘Tracing the Blue Light’: Read Chapter 1 of Eileen Cronin’s ‘Mermaid’ | Eileen Cronin | April 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMy bedroom was square and yellow and brand-new; this one was an attic with a gray-blue wall curling into its ceiling.
‘Tracing the Blue Light’: Read Chapter 1 of Eileen Cronin’s ‘Mermaid’ | Eileen Cronin | April 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI had just gotten my braces off and was learning how to tame my hair with a curling iron.
Apps and Online Programs Offer New Ways to Report Street Harassment | Tessa Miller | April 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis is extremely unhelpful to non-curling fans, which is most people.
She saw his back for an instant against the pale gloom of the garden, in which vapour was curling.
Hilda Lessways | Arnold BennettWith curling lip Garnache bowed stiffly, and in a cold, formal voice he announced himself.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniThey glanced backward, where another wall of foaming water seemed to be curling over the stern, as if about to drop inboard.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands | R.M. BallantyneA half dozen troopers had already dismounted, and were scaling the bluff to where a small wreath of smoke was seen curling.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnI saw the trunk curling back and creeping up to me like a python crawling up a hillside to coil around its prey.
Kari the Elephant | Dhan Gopal Mukerji
British Dictionary definitions for curling
/ (ˈkɜːlɪŋ) /
a game played on ice, esp in Scotland and Canada, in which heavy stones with handles (curling stones) are slid towards a target (tee)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse