- a variation of frizz.
friz
Americanverb (used with or without object)
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Barb'ry Aleshine," said Mrs. Lecks, from underneath her great woolen comforter, "if you want to get your lungs friz, you'd better go on talkin'.
From The Casting Away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine by Stockton, Frank Richard
It wa'n't no use much ter bail, for it friz as soon's it struck.
From The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis
A young ’un, I guess; an’ don’t look at all like these hyar purairies, though he do sit that black hoss, as though he war friz to him.
From The Yellow Chief by Reid, Mayne
It's always colder, too, when there's nobody about but yourself—you get your own share and every body else's besides; and it's lucky if you're not friz.
From Graham's Magazine Vol. XXXII No. 2. February 1848 by Conrad, Robert Taylor
One day a housemaid, as he sat At the receipt of biz, Came crying, "Ho, Sir Smith, Sir Smith, Sir Jones's pipes is friz."
From Humour of the North by Burpee, Lawrence J. (Lawrence Johnstone)
Shalit became a popular fixture in American households from the 1970s through to his retirement in 2010, stylistically standing out with his thick-framed spectacles, polkadot bowties and frizzed hair, suffusing his segments with pun-filled wordplay.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
It has become “a kind of frizzed fur.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2021
Because bathing kiwis in a dressing tames their fuzz, just like pomade smooths frizzed hair on a humid day.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2021
His wife Phyllis, 43, a tall brunette with fashionably frizzed hair, carried the family finances with her job as a district manager for Avon.
From Time Magazine Archive
Natalie and her mother had the same brown skin and brown eyes, but Mama’s black hair was straight and never frizzed in the Miami humidity the way Natalie’s did.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
And even those without naturally curly hair might notice their hair curling – or, let’s be honest, frizzing – a bit on humid summer days.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 16, 2023
Stacks of screens display frizzing static and arcane nomenclature, the words "Display 0305.Dataset" and "Dream Mode."
From Time ● Aug. 9, 2017
Zara’s standing behind me, her normally perfect hair piled on top of her head in a loose knot, small tendrils frizzing out along her hairline.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
I could tell my hair was frizzing, and my purple tutu skirt was completely rumpled.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
Siunek Hirsch laughed harder than Helena had, and little Dziusia, her long black curls frizzing down her back, was given the task of picking up every grain I’d spilled.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
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