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frill

frill
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [fril]
    • /frɪl/
    • /frɪl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [fril]
    • /frɪl/

Definitions of frill word

  • noun frill a trimming, as a strip of cloth or lace, gathered at one edge and left loose at the other; ruffle. 1
  • noun frill something resembling such a trimming, as the fringe of hair on the chest of some dogs. 1
  • noun frill affectation of manner, style, etc. 1
  • noun frill something superfluous. 1
  • noun frill Photography. wrinkling or loosening of an emulsion at the edges, usually due to excessively high temperature during developing. 1
  • verb with object frill to trim or ornament with a frill or frills. 1

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Origin of frill

First appearance:

before 1585
One of the 35% oldest English words
First recorded in 1585-95; origin uncertain

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Frill

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

frill popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

frill usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for frill

noun frill

  • frippery — finery in dress, especially when showy, gaudy, or the like.
  • gathering — a drawing together; contraction.
  • flounce — to go with impatient or impetuous, exaggerated movements: The star flounced out of the studio in a rage.
  • ruffle — to beat (a drum) in this manner.
  • lace — a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.

verb frill

  • bedizen — to dress or decorate gaudily or tastelessly
  • gussy up — to enhance the attractiveness of in a gimmicky, showy manner (usually followed by up): a room gussied up with mirrors and lights.
  • bedizened — Dressed up or decorated gaudily.
  • jazz up — music originating in New Orleans around the beginning of the 20th century and subsequently developing through various increasingly complex styles, generally marked by intricate, propulsive rhythms, polyphonic ensemble playing, improvisatory, virtuosic solos, melodic freedom, and a harmonic idiom ranging from simple diatonicism through chromaticism to atonality.
  • decorate — If you decorate something, you make it more attractive by adding things to it.

Antonyms for frill

noun frill

  • plainness — clear or distinct to the eye or ear: a plain trail to the river; to stand in plain view.

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