name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
curling
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Canada, US: /ˈkəɹlɪŋ/
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US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɜːlɪŋ/
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Scotland: /ˈkʌɹlɪŋ/
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Midlands, Northern-England: /ˈkɜːlɪŋɡ/ without the NG-coalescence
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/ˈkeːlɪŋɡ/ Liverpool, fair–fur merger
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/ˈkɛːlɪŋ/ Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
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rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)lɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: K ER1 L IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The action or motion of something that curls or is curled.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- curlings of smoke
- a scornful curling of the lip
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
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).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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verb
Meaning 4
present participle and gerund of curl
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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adjective satellite
Meaning 5
of hair having curls
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: curled
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
a game played on ice in which heavy stones with handles are slid toward a target
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: game
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Azerbaijani: körlinq — winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
- Basque: curling — winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
- Bulgarian: къ́рлинг (kǎ́rling) — winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
- Catalan: cúrling — winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
- Chinese Mandarin: 冰壺 /冰壶 (bīnghú) — winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
- Czech: curling — winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
- Czech: lední metaná — winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
- Danish: curling — winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
- Dutch: curling — winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
- Esperanto: glitŝtonludo — winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
- Estonian: jääkeegel — winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
- Finnish: curling — winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
- French: curling — winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
- Georgian: კერლინგი (ḳerlingi) — winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
- German: Curling — winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
- Greek: κέρλινγκ (kérlingk) — winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
- Hungarian: curling — winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
- Irish: curláil — winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
- Italian: curling — winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
- Japanese: カーリング (kāringu) — winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
- Korean: 컬링 (keolling) — winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
- Latvian: kērlings — winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
- Lithuanian: akménslydis — winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
- Lithuanian: ker̃lingas — winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
- Macedonian: карлинг (karling) — winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
- Norwegian Bokmål: curling — winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
- Norwegian Nynorsk: curling — winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
- Polish: curling — winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
- Portuguese: curling — winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
- Romanian: curling — winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
- Russian: кёрлинг (kjórling) — winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
- Scottish Gaelic: crolaidh — winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
- Slovak: curling — winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
- Slovene: kêrling — winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
- Swedish: curling — winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
- Turkish: körling — winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
- Ukrainian: ке́рлінг (kérlinh) — winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
- Yiddish: קערלינג (kerling) — winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
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