ringlet

Plural: ringlets

Noun

• A small ring or a coiled curl of hair.
• a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
• a strand or cluster of hair
• a small ring
• any of various butterflies belonging to the family Satyridae
• A small ring.
• A lock, tress.
• Any of various butterflies with small rings on the wings, in the tribe Satyrini of the family Nymphalidae, such as Aphantopus hyperantus.

Verb

• To form into ringlets.
• To surround or encircle like a ringlet.

Examples

• Her hair was in ringlets.
• The "RINGLET" of letters on the board barely connected, but scored points.

Synonyms

coil, curl, curlicue, gyre, lock, ringlet butterfly, roll, scroll, whorl