Meanings
curling1
nouncurling (countable and uncountable, plural curlings)
plural curlings
- countableuncountableThe action or motion of something that curls or is curled.
curlings of smoke
2 more examples
a scornful curling of the lip
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 - uncountableA 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).
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of curl
adjectivecurling (comparative more curling, superlative most curling)
comparative more curling · superlative most curling
Curling2
proper noun
- A surname.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Basque curling
- curlingwinter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
Bulgarian къ́рлинг
- къ́рлинг (kắrling)winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
Catalan cúrling
- cúrlingwinter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
Chinese Mandarin 冰壺 /冰壶
- 冰壺 /冰壶 (bīnghú)winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
Czech curling, lední metaná
- curlingwinter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
- lední metanáwinter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
Danish curling
- curlingwinter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
Dutch curling
- curlingwinter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
Esperanto glitŝtonludo
- glitŝtonludowinter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
Estonian jääkeegel
- jääkeegelwinter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
Finnish curling
- curlingwinter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
French curling
- curlingwinter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
German Curling
- Curlingwinter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
Greek κέρλινγκ
- κέρλινγκ (kérlingk)winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
Hungarian curling
- curlingwinter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
Irish curláil
- curláilwinter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
Italian curling
- curlingwinter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
Japanese カーリング
- カーリング (kāringu)winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
Korean 컬링
- 컬링 (keolling)winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
Latvian kērlings
- kērlingswinter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
Lithuanian akménslydis, ker̃lingas
- akménslydiswinter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
- ker̃lingaswinter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
Norwegian Bokmål curling
- curlingwinter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
Polish curling
- curlingwinter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
Portuguese curling
- curlingwinter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
Romanian curling
- curlingwinter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
Russian кёрлинг
- кёрлинг (kjórling)winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
Scottish Gaelic crolaidh
- crolaidhwinter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
Slovak curling
- curlingwinter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
Swedish curling
- curlingwinter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
Turkish körling
- körlingwinter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
Ukrainian ке́рлінг
- ке́рлінг (kérlinh)winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
Yiddish קערלינג
- קערלינג (kerling)winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with curling
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APA
curling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/curling
MLA
“curling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/curling. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “curling,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/curling.
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