The action or motion of something that curls or is curled.
Used in a Sentence
curling
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for curling.
Editorial note
There's also the occasional teeth-curling screech when a fingernail or little bit of hard matter in the chalk scratches the board.
Examples15
Definitions3
Parts of speech1
Quick take
The action or motion of something that curls or is curled.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of curling gathered in one view.
A surname.
(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).
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for curling.
noun
The action or motion of something that curls or is curled.
noun
A surname.
noun
(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).
Example sentences
There's also the occasional teeth-curling screech when a fingernail or little bit of hard matter in the chalk scratches the board.
That it is curling up is the expected behavior so you're just fine there!
I didn't get this big curling five pound weights everyday for an hour, let me tell you.
It feels more like curling up with a book than surfing the web!
We have experimented with PGEs, but we find that they start stretching and curling after 6 months of use.
Do you feel that cURLing a URL violates this implicit contract?
And I don't think client libraries support a `bank account resource` w/o curling.
Neutral inward-slanted wrists and naturally curling fingers.
I do buy books on paper though, there's something about curling up in a corner with a book that a computer can't give me (yet).
I learned also to check the original source: the data there doesn't seem to fit such a perfect straight line and does show a slight S curling at the edges.
Especially on laptop keyboards, the normal Alt keys are easily accessible to thumbs, and this eliminates the awkward hand curling caused by pressing the normal Ctrl with your pinky without needing a special keyboard.
Well, that, hockey, curling, Tim's, Don Cherry, and most of the best comedians on US TV and movies over the last 30 years.
Quote examples
I heard the phenomenal term "curling parenting" the other day, where the kid is the stone and the parents are the two people frantically working to reduce the friction in front of it.
>In Cleveland, two clubs facing declining memberships, Sand Ridge and Mayfield Since the 60's, the Mayfield Country Club has offered curling -- I think I was told it's the only "dedicated" (not a hockey rink) curling ice in Ohio.
"got built in some muddy, bulldozed acreage south of Sochi, Russia, rather than in Salzburg, Austria, home to Mozart" You don't actually expect curling to be held directly on Heldenplatz either way?
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use curling in a sentence?
There's also the occasional teeth-curling screech when a fingernail or little bit of hard matter in the chalk scratches the board.
What does curling mean?
The action or motion of something that curls or is curled.
What part of speech is curling?
curling is commonly used as noun.