Definition of curling
: a game in which two teams of four players each slide curling stones over a stretch of ice toward a target circle
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Since the flat iron became the new curling iron, laissez-faire bends have epitomized aspirational texture.
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Orlando got a great scoring chance a few minutes later when Marta got the ball just outside the box and fired a curling shot at the goal.
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Late in the day after the show’s first preview, with Ms. Sina there to do some fine tuning, the actresses who play the bakkhai reassembled at the Patterson Theater, a converted curling rink a couple of doors down from a hockey arena.
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Early fans used to comment on the brothers' Insta videos, mentioning their curling lips and grimacing mouths; the masks covered up their mugs while providing a bit of cool and mystery.
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Messi laid the ball off to Neymar and then snuck into a gap in the defense where Neymar could get the ball back to him, allowing Messi to get off a curling shot that snuck inside the left post.
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The lion's or tiger's lower lip curling in a snarl, teeth showing, and, for all the crowd noise, a distinct growl.
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Senior Ryan Stovash knocked a six-iron onto the green on his second shot, then buried a 15-foot curling putt to record an eagle.
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Note how the tall curling plume of greenery at the top animates the space around it.
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First Known Use of curling
1620
CURLING Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of curling for English Language Learners
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: a game in which two teams of four players slide special stones over ice toward a circle
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