"curler" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɜː(ɹ)lə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-curler.wav Forms: curlers [plural]
Etymology: From curl + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|curl|er|id2=agent noun}} curl + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} curler (plural curlers)
  1. One of a set of small cylindrical tubes used to curl hair. Synonyms: hair roller
    Sense id: en-curler-en-noun-zfSyT135
  2. A sportsman who plays curling. Categories (topical): Athletes, Curling, People Translations (sportsman): curlingin pelaaja (Finnish), curleur [masculine] (French), curleuse [feminine] (French), кёрлингист (kjórlingist) [masculine] (Russian), curlare [common-gender] (Swedish), curlingspelare [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-curler-en-noun-IiJkAbe5 Disambiguation of Athletes: 6 39 12 43 Disambiguation of Curling: 9 41 10 40 Disambiguation of People: 0 70 11 19 Disambiguation of 'sportsman': 1 76 7 15
  3. (soccer) A pass or a shot of the ball which swerves. Categories (topical): Football (soccer), Athletes, Curling Translations (pass or shot): kierre (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-curler-en-noun-qbI7zWL8 Disambiguation of Athletes: 6 39 12 43 Disambiguation of Curling: 9 41 10 40 Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports Disambiguation of 'pass or shot': 0 0 100 0
  4. (surfing) A wave which breaks with a barrel Categories (topical): Surfing, Athletes, Curling, Hair
    Sense id: en-curler-en-noun-5GbAnVUp Disambiguation of Athletes: 6 39 12 43 Disambiguation of Curling: 9 41 10 40 Disambiguation of Hair: 22 3 8 66 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 3 14 70 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 15 7 11 68 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 17 6 11 66 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 3 14 69 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 3 9 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 16 13 12 60 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 16 7 14 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 16 6 12 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 16 12 11 60 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, surfing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: amen curler, butter curler, curlered, eyelash curler, hair curler, hot curler, lash curler

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Oft considered the most even playing field on which to measure surf mastery, Slater’s innovative machine is a barrel-synthesizing environment and engineering feat. In a single round, The Wave produces a 6-foot curler capable of traveling 2,300 feet for up to one gnarly minute.",
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      "word": "curlingin pelaaja"
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.