curling
noun
[ ˈkəːlɪŋ ]
• a game played on ice, especially in Scotland and Canada, in which large round flat stones are slid across the surface towards a mark. Members of a team use brooms to sweep the surface of the ice in the path of the stone to control its speed and direction.
curl
verb
• form or cause to form into a curved or spiral shape.
• "her fingers curled round the microphone"
Similar:
wind,
twine,
entwine,
wrap,
crimp,
wave,
tong,
perm,
go curly,
go frizzy,
frizz out,
frizzle,
crinkle,
• (in weight training) lift (a weight) using only the hands, wrists, and forearms.
• "slowly curl the barbell to shoulder height"
• play at the game of curling.
• "during the severe spell in 1740, men curled on the pond"
Origin:
late Middle English: from obsolete crulle ‘curly’, from Middle Dutch krul .
