Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun plural Frizzy hair. Often used with the.
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- noun Plural form of
frizzy . - noun colloquial With "the",
unkempt curly hair, especially of women.
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Examples
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You know what it ` s like to have those kind of frizzies and dry hair.
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Beat the August frizzies as Jackie Kennedy Onassis did in Capri, with a silk scarf—worn low on the forehead, tied at the nape of the neck—and oversized sunnies.
Cover Girl 2011
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Hayden's had the frizzies, The Penguin's had what all took for cat whiskers, but which were actually the long nails that all of America watching Big Brother this summer would like to see hammered into The Penguin's face if he ever opens his mouth or goes shirtless again (or maybe they're supposed to be hairplugs), The Beast's has a fist where most people would have a brain, and The Whiner's hates itself.
Tallulah Morehead: Big Brother 12: The Puppetry of the Pea-Brains. 2010
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Hayden's Diary Room summation was an unusually accurate observation for a man with a curtain of frizzies now hanging over his eyes, owing to his relentless refusal to cut or groom his hair.
Tallulah Morehead: Big Brother 12: The Puppetry of the Pea-Brains. 2010
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Hayden's had the frizzies, The Penguin's had what all took for cat whiskers, but which were actually the long nails that all of America watching Big Brother this summer would like to see hammered into The Penguin's face if he ever opens his mouth or goes shirtless again (or maybe they're supposed to be hairplugs), The Beast's has a fist where most people would have a brain, and The Whiner's hates itself.
Tallulah Morehead: Big Brother 12: The Puppetry of the Pea-Brains. 2010
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Hayden's Diary Room summation was an unusually accurate observation for a man with a curtain of frizzies now hanging over his eyes, owing to his relentless refusal to cut or groom his hair.
Tallulah Morehead: Big Brother 12: The Puppetry of the Pea-Brains. 2010
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However in Susan Boyle's case, the singing sensation made her first mini makeover moves last week, dying her grey hair brown, cropping off some of her frizzies and trading in her shapeless housedresses for tailored separates and a poppy print dress and pumps.
Bonnie Fuller: Susan Boyle Deserves To Be A Swan: Stop Howling About Her Makeover! 2009
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I'm thinking it's a great way to cover up frizzies or excuse my bad hair days.
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Some correspondents were bewildered: one thanked us for "straightening out the frizzies of this e-activity."
Mail Call 2008
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In addition to keeping your hands smooth, moisturizer can tame frizzies rub a tiny bit on your hands and run through your hair.
Autumn Checklist PeaceBang 2006
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