Frill

Word FRILL
Character 5
Hyphenation frill
Pronunciations /fɹɪl/

Definitions and meanings of "Frill"

What do we mean by frill?

A ruffled, gathered, or pleated border or projection, such as a fabric edge used to trim clothing. noun

A projection as of hair, feathers, bone, or cartilage, about the neck of an animal. noun

A wrinkling of the edge of a photographic film. noun

Something that is desirable but not a necessity; a luxury. synonym: luxury. noun

To make into a ruffle or frill. intransitive verb

To add a ruffle or frill to. intransitive verb

To become wrinkled along the edge. intransitive verb

To shiver with cold, as a hawk or other bird.

A shivering with cold, as a bird; the ruffling of a bird's feathers when shivering with cold. noun

To form into a frill; flute or plait: as, to frill a border in a dress.

To ornament with frills; as, to frill a child's garment.

To become frilled or ruffled.

The shell of a kind of scallop. noun

A narrow ornamental bordering made of a strip of textile material, of which one edge is gathered and the other left loose, as in a narrow flounce; a ruffle. noun

Hence Anything resembling such a border. noun

Specifically noun

The projecting fringe of hair on the chest of some dogs, as the collie. noun

Some fringing part or process of an animal, like a ruffle; a frilling: as, the genital frills of a hydrozoan. noun

In hymenomycetous fungi, a superior annulus or ring; an annulus formed of tissue suspended from the apex of the stipe and free at other points, at first forming a membranous covering for the hymenium, but detached as the pileus expands; an armilla. noun

In photography, the swelling and loosening of a gelatin film around the edges of a plate. See frill, verb noun

A strip of pleated fabric or paper used as decoration or trim.

A substance or material on the edge of something, resembling such a strip of fabric.

A wrinkled edge to a film.

Something extraneous or not essential; something purely for show or effect; a luxury.

The relatively extensive margin seen on the back of the heads of reptiles, with either a bony support or a cartilaginous one.

Sanitized substitution for the word "Fuck" on Farscape. Urban Dictionary

Shorted form of for real. used in a lot of txt messages and online social websites. Urban Dictionary

A little bitch ass that doesnt wanna go swimming. Urban Dictionary

Being cold; derived from the language Jag Urban Dictionary

Restricted to what is essential or with no ornamentation Urban Dictionary

A short way of saying for real. Urban Dictionary

Another way of asking to hold unnecessary extras in an item such as clothing or food. Urban Dictionary

Word used when asking someone if they're telling the truth. Urban Dictionary

A terrorist organization recruited by young teen and very young adults to cause havoc and break every server rule of the world known app discord Urban Dictionary

A term used to describe cheap food from supermarkets "basic or economy" range, often said with an accompanying horizontal wave Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Frill

The word "frill" in example sentences

Champagne tickles and you get a thrill and the frill is short lived, but a fine wine? ❋ Unknown (2007)

Though both dinosaurs sported three facial horns, the Torosaurus had a bigger "frill" - the bony shield atop its head - with two large holes in it. ❋ Unknown (2010)

... a short term frill, usually a mistake - a drunken one in some cases, and best forgotten till the next ... ❋ Unknown (2008)

She wears a vest, fitting closely to the arms and bust, and at the neck gathered to a frill, which is enclosed by a torque, or gold necklet. ❋ Unknown (1840)

Drama Club is not a "frill," it's part of a well-rounded education. ❋ Tandw (2010)

Pictured: The sleeveless floral "frill" dress for Spring 2011 by DKNY. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But her focus, front and center, is on employers eliminating work/life initiatives as the kind of frill that naturally gets suspended in hard times, and that in a recession workers just want to keep their nose to the grindstone anyway. ❋ Unknown (2009)

They are exactly like one another, except that one wears a mob-cap, the other a skull-cap, which is trimmed with the same kind of frill, only without ribbons. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Graceful and handsome, they resembled avians rather than reptiles; their skin varied in shade from a dark brown to a golden tan, and their heads bore a kind of frill like an iguana's, that ran from the base of the neck to a point just above and between the eyes. ❋ Lackey, Mercedes (1999)

also excludes anything that could remotely be called a frill, like the cost of coffee, tea or soda, or owning a telephone or subscribing to cable. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Besides this forbidding display he further adds to his terrible appearance by raising the most extraordinary frill which is exquisitely decorated in grey, yellow, scarlet, and blue. ❋ Royal Dixon (1923)

This variety bears a strong resemblance to the Jacobin, having a kind of frill in the fore part of its neck, occasioned by the breast-feathers lying contrariwise and standing straight out. ❋ Isabella Mary (1861)

There is a feather-footed breed, and another with a kind of frill running down the breast. ❋ Charles Darwin (1845)

Women tend to be concerned with relationships and the social fabric, which traditionally has been seen as a kind of frill in the rough-and-tumble corporate culture. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I think the job of professors is to show students who come in resistant that even that thing that they think is a "frill" or a "waste of time" is meaningful and "serious." ❋ Unknown (2010)

But that doesn't mean science was a "frill" I could do without. ❋ Unknown (2010)

[Do you really] [give] a frill about [anything]? ❋ Jrkwilliams (2008)

Guy [talking to] girl [online] : " frill though girl, im just tryin to [holla]. " ❋ Peppern' Noplis (2011)

[vince] is [such a] [fuckin] frill! ❋ Jules (2005)

"It's [fuckin] frill [outside] ❋ Jake (2005)

A no-frills [vacation] [package] was reintroduced to [consumers]. ❋ The Return Of Light Joker (2009)

[frill] [bitch]. ❋ AdamPousson (2003)

[Can I get] [a double] cheesburger, [no frills]. ❋ Juice & J.M.T. (2005)

GIRL - "Dude! You have a huge [booger] [hangin] from the tip of your nose". DUDE - "[Frills]?" ❋ Dalycitybadgirl (2013)

“Have you heard, [frills] [bombed] [Scandinavia] again” ❋ Ton143 (2021)

"[what have you] got there?" "no frills [colslaw]" *child breaks down in [tears]* ❋ "mocking Bird" (2006)

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