Curlicue

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A fancy twist or curl, such as a flourish made with a pen.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A fancy twisting or curling shape made from a series of concentric circles.
  • v. To make or adorn (something) with curlicues, or as if with curlicues
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Some thing curled or spiral, as a flourish made with a pen on paper, or with skates on the ice; a trick; a frolicsome caper.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Something fantastically curled or twisted: as, to make a curlicue with the pen; to cut curlicues in skating.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a short twisting line
  • n. a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    line   
    Variant
    curlycue    carlicue   
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    Words with the same meaning
    trick    cure   
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