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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  curlicue \curl"i*cue\ (k?rl"?-k?), n. [Cf. F. caracole.]
     Some thing curled or spiral, as a flourish made with a pen on
     paper, or with skates on the ice; a trick; a frolicsome
     caper. [Sometimes written curlycue or carlicue.] [
     Colloq. U.S.]
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  curlicue
       n 1: a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles [syn:
             coil, whorl, roll, curl, ringlet, gyre, scroll]
       2: a short twisting line [syn: squiggle]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  curlicue
     n.
     A fancy twisting or curling shape usually made from a series of
  spirals and loops.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive and intransitive) To make or adorn (something) with
  curlicues, or as if with curlicues.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  curlicue
     n.
     A fancy twisting or curling shape usually made from a series of
  spirals and loops.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive and intransitive) To make or adorn (something) with
  curlicues, or as if with curlicues.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  curlicue
     n.
     A fancy twisting or curling shape usually made from a series of
  spirals and loops.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive and intransitive) To make or adorn (something) with
  curlicues, or as if with curlicues.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  curlicue
     n.
     A fancy twisting or curling shape usually made from a series of
  spirals and loops.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive and intransitive) To make or adorn (something) with
  curlicues, or as if with curlicues.

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Curlicue /kˈɜːlɪkjˌuː/
  الكورليكو

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  curlicue /kˈɜːlɪkjˌuː/ 
  завъртулка
  fancy curling shape

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  curlicue /kˈɜːlɪkjˌuː/ 
  kudrlinka

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  curlicue /kˈɜːlɪkjˌuː/
  Schnörkel 

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  curlicue /kˈɜːlɪkjˌuː/ 
  koukero
  fancy curling shape

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  curlicue /kˈɜːlɪkjˌuː/
  1. cirkalmas írás
  2. cirkalom

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  curlicue /kˈɜːlɪkjˌuː/
  1. süslü kıvrım, kıvrımlı çizgi.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈkɝˌɫɪkju/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  23 Moby Thesaurus words for "curlicue":
     cirrus, coil, corkscrew, curl, evolute, gyre, helix, involute,
     kink, ringlet, roll, screw, scroll, spiral, swirl, tendril, twirl,
     twist, volute, volution, vortex, whirl, whorl
  
  

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. [书法等之] 旋曲;花体

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