curly-wurly
adjective informal
Twisting and curling.You're a pig and there's your curly-wurly tail....
- The plot does a bit of a curly-wurly at the end that shows a glimmer of originality, but not enough to save it.
Origin
Late 18th century: reduplication of curly.
- peregrinate
- peregrination
- peregrinator
- peregrinatory
- peregrine
- peregrine falcon
- peregrine praetor
- peregrine pretor
- peregrine tone
- peregrinity
- pereion
- pereionite
- pereiopod
- perelle
- Perelman, S. J.
- perempt
- peremption
- peremptorily
- peremptoriness
- peremptory
- peremptory challenge
- Perendale
- perendinant
- perennate
- perennation