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curling

[ kur-ling ]

noun

  1. a game played on ice in which two teams of four players each compete in sliding curling stones toward a mark in the center of a circular target.


curling

/ ˈkɜːlɪŋ /

noun

  1. a game played on ice, esp in Scotland and Canada, in which heavy stones with handles ( curling stones ) are slid towards a target ( tee )


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Word History and Origins

Origin of curling1

First recorded in 1610–20; perhaps curl + -ing 1, from the motion imparted to the sliding stones

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Example Sentences

That included a toe-curling account of the moment he was told he would be the next United boss.

My sisters opened a beauty parlor in their bedroom, curling hair with crisscrossed bobby pins and calling it a perm.

My bedroom was square and yellow and brand-new; this one was an attic with a gray-blue wall curling into its ceiling.

I had just gotten my braces off and was learning how to tame my hair with a curling iron.

This is extremely unhelpful to non-curling fans, which is most people.

She saw his back for an instant against the pale gloom of the garden, in which vapour was curling.

With curling lip Garnache bowed stiffly, and in a cold, formal voice he announced himself.

They glanced backward, where another wall of foaming water seemed to be curling over the stern, as if about to drop inboard.

A half dozen troopers had already dismounted, and were scaling the bluff to where a small wreath of smoke was seen curling.

I saw the trunk curling back and creeping up to me like a python crawling up a hillside to coil around its prey.

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