curling



curl (one's) lip

To sneer at something. When I heard what was for dinner, I curled my lip in disgust. Don't you curl your lip at me! I did nothing wrong here!
See also: curl, lip

curl (one's) hair

To shock or terrify someone. That horror movie sure curled my hair—I could not sleep for a week! Geez, don't sneak up on me like that, you're gonna curl my hair!
See also: curl, hair

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Hila-Hebrew
Primitivo-Spanish
Nikita (1)nee-KEE-tah (Russian)Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
FİLİZ-Turkish
ZhannaZHAH-nahRussian
Teague-Irish