Curlicue

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  • noun. A fancy twist or curl, such as a flourish made with a pen.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Something fantastically curled or twisted: as, to make a curlicue with the pen; to cut curlicues in skating.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A fancy twisting or curling shape made from a series of concentric circles.
  • verb. To make or adorn (something) with curlicues, or as if with curlicues
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a short twisting line
  • noun. a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
    • Word Usage
    "The curlicue is a little uneven, too, but the chef complimented my pear, and I rather like it myself."
    Form
    curlicue fractal  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    line  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
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    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    cirrus  coil  corkscrew  cure  curl  
    variant
    carlicue  curlycue  
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