Definition of "frizz" [frizz]

• To form or be formed into small tight curls or tufts. (verb-transitive)
• The condition of being frizzed. (noun)
• A small tight curl or tuft. (noun)
• To fry or burn with a sizzling noise. (verb-transitive)
• To make a sizzling noise while frying or searing. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "My hair was always stick straight until a few years ago, I noticed a definite "frizz" starting to develop, much to my horror!"
• "Sated on art, we ventured out into the frizz zone, clutching our zebra-print umbrella for dear life."
• "That's what people have been liking about it — they can still have their volume, but they get rid of the frizz, she said."