Category:Curlycue

Curl"y*cue (krl"-k), n. Etym: [Cf. F. caracole.] also spelled "curlicue", pl. curlicues.

Defn: 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 carlicue or curlicue.] [ Colloq. U.S.]

To cut a curlycue, to make a flourish; to cut a caper.

I gave a flourishing about the room and cut a curlycue with my right foot. McClintock.