Pronunciation: /ˈfrɪz(ə)l/
verb
[with object]-
form (hair) into tight curls: the damp weather had frizzled her hair into little corkscrews (as adjective frizzled) she shook out her frizzled hair
noun
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a tight curl in hair: a dewy scalp where the frizzles stuck awry [in combination]: this gaunt, frizzle-haired freak