ALL meanings of curl one's lip
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C c - noun curl one's lip to show contempt, as by raising a corner of the lip 3
- verb with object curl one's lip to form into coils or ringlets, as the hair. 1
- verb with object curl one's lip to form into a spiral or curved shape; coil. 1
- verb with object curl one's lip to adorn with, or as with, curls or ringlets. 1
- verb without object curl one's lip to grow in or form curls or ringlets, as the hair. 1
- verb without object curl one's lip to become curved or undulated. 1
- verb without object curl one's lip to coil. 1
- verb without object curl one's lip to play at the game of curling. 1
- verb without object curl one's lip to progress in a curving direction or path; move in a curving or spiraling way: The ball curled toward the plate. 1
- noun curl one's lip a coil or ringlet of hair. 1
- noun curl one's lip anything of a spiral or curved shape, as a lettuce leaf, wood shaving, etc. 1
- noun curl one's lip a coil. 1
- noun curl one's lip the act of curling or state of being curled. 1
- noun curl one's lip Plant Pathology. the distortion, fluting, or puffing of a leaf, resulting from the unequal development of its two sides. a disease so characterized. 1
- noun curl one's lip Also called rotation. Mathematics. a vector obtained from a given vector by taking its cross product with the vector whose coordinates are the partial derivative operators with respect to each coordinate. the operation that produces this vector. 1
- noun curl one's lip Weightlifting. an underhand forearm lift in which the barbell, held against the thighs, is raised to the chest and then lowered while keeping the legs, upper arms, and shoulders taut. a similar forearm lift using a dumbbell or dumbbells, usually from the side of the body to the shoulders. 1
- idioms curl one's lip curl one's lip, to assume or display an expression of contempt: He curled his lip in disdain. 1
- idioms curl one's lip curl one's / the hair, to fill with horror or fright; shock: Some of his stories about sailing across the Atlantic are enough to curl one's hair. 1