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curling en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkeːlɪŋɡ/ Liverpool, fair–fur merger
  • /ˈkɜːlɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈkɜːlɪŋɡ/ (Midlands, Northern-England) without the NG-coalescence
  • /ˈkʌɹlɪŋ/ (Scotland)
  • /ˈkɛːlɪŋ/ Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
  • /ˈkəɹlɪŋ/ (Canada, US)
  • (US) audio

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The action or motion of something that curls or is curled.
    • Wherefore are all your sleekings, and your curlings, Crispings, and paintings, and your skin made soft, And your face smooth with ointments […] 1631, Shackerley Marmion, Holland's Leaguer:
    • a scornful curling of the lip
    • curlings of smoke
  2. (uncountable) A winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice and attempt to get their color stones closest to the house (a circular target marked on the ice).

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
curlings Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

rink

Deriveds

crokicurl · curling stick · wheelchair curling · curling parent · curling stone

Descendants

curling

Translations (38)

yi קערלינג (winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice) · pt curling (winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice) · et jääkeegel (winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice) · hu curling (winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice) · bg къ́рлинг (winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice) · uk ке́рлінг (winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice) · ga curláil (winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice) · eu curling (winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice) · nl curling (winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice) · cmn 冰壺 /冰壶 (winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice) · sv curling (winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice) · sl kêrling (winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice) · lv kērlings (winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice) · ka კერლინგი (winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice) · lt ker̃lingas (winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice) · gd crolaidh (winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice) · nn curling (winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice) · cs curling (winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice) · sk curling (winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice) · az körlinq (winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice) · ca cúrling (winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice) · mk карлинг (winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice) · eo glitŝtonludo (winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice) · pl curling (winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice) · lt akménslydis (winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice) · cs lední metaná (winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice) · da curling (winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice) · tr körling (winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice) · nb curling (winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice) · ru кёрлинг (winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice) · de Curling (winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice) · it curling (winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice) · ja カーリング (winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice) · ro curling (winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice) · ko 컬링 (winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice) · fr curling (winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice) · el κέρλινγκ (winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice) · fi curling (winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice)

curling en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkeːlɪŋɡ/ Liverpool, fair–fur merger
  • /ˈkɜːlɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈkɜːlɪŋɡ/ (Midlands, Northern-England) without the NG-coalescence
  • /ˈkʌɹlɪŋ/ (Scotland)
  • /ˈkɛːlɪŋ/ Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
  • /ˈkəɹlɪŋ/ (Canada, US)
  • (US) audio

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of curl
    form of curl