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Curlicue
A fancy twisting or curling shape usually made from a series of concentric circles.
📖 Definitions of "Curlicue"
noun
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A fancy twisting or curling shape usually made from a series of concentric circles.
verb
- 1
To make or adorn (something) with curlicues, or as if with curlicues.
🔄 Synonyms of "Curlicue"
8 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| coilnoun | Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral. |
| whorlnoun | Each circle, volution or equivalent in a pattern of concentric circles, ovals, arcs, or a spiral. |
| rollnoun | (ergative) To revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on a horizontal axis; to impel forward with a revolving motion on a supporting surface. |
| gyrenoun | (oceanography) An ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner, especially one that is large-scale and observed in a major ocean. |
| curlnoun | A curving piece or lock of hair; a ringlet. |
| scrollnoun | (computing) The act of scrolling |
| squigglenoun | A short twisting or wiggling line or mark. |
| ringletnoun | A lock, tress. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Curlicue"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| whorlnoun | Each circle, volution or equivalent in a pattern of concentric circles, ovals, arcs, or a spiral. |
| coilnoun | Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral. |
| gyrenoun | (oceanography) An ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner, especially one that is large-scale and observed in a major ocean. |
| rollnoun | (ergative) To revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on a horizontal axis; to impel forward with a revolving motion on a supporting surface. |
| squigglenoun | A short twisting or wiggling line or mark. |
| curlnoun | A curving piece or lock of hair; a ringlet. |
| scrollnoun | (computing) The act of scrolling |
| ringletnoun | A lock, tress. |
| essnoun | The name of the Latin-script letter S/s. |
| curlycuenoun | (dated) A flourish; a caper. |
| carlicuenoun | Obsolete form of curlicue. [A fancy twisting or curling shape usually made from a series of spirals and loops.] |
| curlimacuenoun | (US, regional) A curlicue (twisting or curling design). |
| curvingverb | That curves or curve. |
| quoilnoun | Archaic form of coil. [Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.] |
| curliationnoun | The formation and development of curli |
| crotchetnoun | (music) A musical note one beat long in 4/4 time. |
| kiss curlnoun | A spiral-shaped curl of hair upon the forehead. |
| crinkle-cranklenoun | Of a garden wall: built in a repeating series of curves. |
| scallopnoun | Any of various marine bivalve molluscs of the superfamily Pectinoidea. |
| curly | Having curls. |
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