frill
noun
1. (paleontology) a bony plate that curves upward behind the skull of many ceratopsian dinosaurs
Definition categories: body, plate
2. an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal
Similar word(s): ruff
Definition categories: body
3. a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
Similar word(s): flounce, furbelow, ruffle
Definition categories: man–made, adornment
4. ornamental objects of no great value
Similar word(s): falderol, gimcrack, gimcrackery, nonsense, trumpery
Definition categories: man–made, decoration, ornament, ornamentation
verb
1. To make something into a frill.
2. To become wrinkled.
3. To provide or decorate with a frill or frills; to turn back in crimped plaits.
- to frill a cap
4. To shake or shiver as with cold.