frill Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (paleontology) a bony plate that curves upward behind the skull of many ceratopsian dinosaurs
  2. noun an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal
    ruff.
  3. noun a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
    ruffle; flounce; furbelow.
  4. noun ornamental objects of no great value
    gimcrackery; trumpery; falderol; nonsense; gimcrack; folderal.

WordNet

Frill intransitive verb
Etymology
OF. friller, fr. L. frigidulus somewhat cold, dim. of frigidus cold; akin to F. frileux chilly.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Frilled ; present participle & verbal noun Frilling
Definitions
  1. To shake or shiver as with cold; as, the hawk frills. Johnson.
  2. (Photog.) To wrinkle; -- said of the gelatin film.
Frill transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To provide or decorate with a frill or frills; to turn back. in crimped plaits; as, to frill a cap.
Frill noun
Etymology
See Frill, v. i.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) (a) A ruffing of a bird's feathers from cold. (b) A ruffle, consisting of a fold of membrane, of hairs, or of feathers, around the neck of an animal. See Frilled lizard (below). (c) A similar ruffle around the legs or other appendages of animals. (d) A ruffled varex or fold on certain shells.
  2. A border or edging secured at one edge and left free at the other, usually fluted or crimped like a very narrow flounce.

Webster 1913