curlies

noun

SayKUR-leez/ˈkɝliz/UK/ˈkɜːliz/

4 meanings of curlies

1
nouncountableplural
Tight, twisting locks of hair that coil instead of lying flat.
Like the curl in a pig's tail, but on someone's head.
She tied her curlies back before jumping in the pool.
His thick curlies bounced as he ran down the steps.
Similarcurls, ringlets
2
nounslangcountableplural
Hair that grows around the private parts of the body.
The doctor asked him to shave his curlies before surgery.
She joked about spotting her first gray curlies.
Similarpubes
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3
nouncolloquialcountableplural
The curved bracket signs { and } used in writing and computer code.
Like two cupped hands holding a group of things together.
Don't forget to close your curlies at the end of the function.
He added the missing curlies and the code finally ran.
Similarbraces
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4
nouncolloquialcountableplural
The curved quotation marks that look like little sixes and nines.
The editor changed all the straight marks to curlies.
Word turns your quotes into curlies automatically.
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