kəːl kɝl kəːl kɝl kɜːv kɝv skɹoʊl wɜː(ɹ)l form a curl, curve, or kink the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling play the Scottish game of curling twist or roll into coils or ringlets curl my hair, please wind around something in coils or loops shape one's body into a curl She curled farther down under the covers She fell and drew in a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) lock of hair in the shape of a spiral or curl