1 | verb | form a curl, curve, or kink 2 | verb | shape one's body into a curl 3 | verb | wind around something in coils or loops 4 | verb | twist or roll into coils or ringlets 5 | verb | play the Scottish game of curling 6 | noun | a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) 7 | noun | a strand or cluster of hair (7 meanings)

k'erl (IPA: kˈɝl)

curl (no hyphenation) (4 letters | 1 syllable)

1447 (Late Middle ages | European Renaissance) (578 years ago)

Old English | Middle Dutch |

curled | curling | curls

curve | kink | curl up | draw in | coil | loop | wave | curlicue | gyre | ringlet | roll | scroll | whorl | lock (total: 14)

crape | crimp | frizz | frizzle | kink | kink up | calyx | corolla | verticil | dreadlock | forelock | sausage curl (total: 12)

change surface | bend | flex | roll | twine | wind | wrap | twist | play | round shape | hair (total: 11)

birle | burl | girl | hurl | merl | merle | pearl | swirl | twirl | unfurl | whirl | whorl (total: 12) (based on typical American pronunciation)

burl | Burl | churl | cull | curb | curd | cure | curly | curs | curt | furl | hurl | purl (total: 13)

(none among common words)

curl up | kiss curl | leg curl | pin curl | spit curl (total: 5)

Spanish: | rizo (hair) | bucle (hair) | ondear (general) | ondular (general) | enrollarse (plant) | rizar (hair) French: | boucle (hair) | boucle de cheveux (hair) | onduler (general) | s'enrouler (plant) | se tordre (plant) | friser (hair) | boucler (hair) Portuguese: | cacho (hair) | anel (hair) | encaracolar (general) | ondular (general) | enrolar-se (plant) | enroscar-se (plant) | cachear (hair) | encaracolar (hair) German: | Locke (hair) | kräuseln (general) | sich schlängeln (plant) | sich winden (plant) | Locken drehen (hair) Japanese: | 癖 (common noun) | 巻毛 (common noun) | 巻き毛 (common noun) | 縮らす (verb)

Curl (US population: 5340 people, white: 83%)

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Hair piece | Hair roller result | Ringlet | Show signs of age, maybe | Weight lifter's lift | Weightlifter's action | Weightlifter's lift | Weightlifter's maneuver | Weightlifter's rep (total: 9) (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

6 (International English) | 6 (North American English)

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