to curve
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9.7
- verb
- /kɜrv/
- Slang
:
ghostear
- After his awkward compliment, she curved him without a second thought.
Examples
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And you said you Sophia with an F that I once tried to kiss you and you curved me And, and I dude, I saw this clip.
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When he tried to ask her out, she just curved him and walked away.
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These tracks curve east before Salt Lake.
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"She's my partner." "You don't curve," Shrug said.
Fiction book (1993) -
He thought she might be interested, but she curved him instead.
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
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8.4
To surprise or confuse someone by doing something they did not expect
Compounds
- Specialized
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4.6
A curved line on a graph showing most results near the average and fewer at the ends
- Specialized
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9.9
A graph showing how tax rates change the money the government gets, rising then falling when taxes get too high
- Specialized
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4.2
A curve shaped like a bell that shows most values near the average
- Specialized
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7.2
A graph that shows how one device property changes as another thing changes, like voltage or temperature
- Specialized
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4.0
A graph showing how a computer model gets better with more training data
- Specialized
A curve with no endpoints that comes back to its starting point, like a circle
- Specialized
A graph showing the cotangent function, repeating every pi and with vertical lines it never reaches
- Specialized
A graph that shows how loud a speaker or amplifier is at different frequencies
- Specialized
A bell-shaped curve the same on both sides that shows how values are near the average
- Specialized
A line on a graph showing combinations of goods a buyer likes the same
- Specialized
A closed loop on a flat surface, like a circle, that does not cross itself
- Specialized
A bell-shaped line that shows most numbers near the middle and fewer far from it
- Specialized
A smooth line or curve fitted to data points to show how two things are related
- Specialized
A curve formed by points where perpendiculars from a fixed point meet a curve's tangents
- Specialized
A curved line on a flat surface that makes a closed loop without crossing itself, like a circle
How Rejecting
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- Slang
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- Slang
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- Informal
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Curve is used in slang from the idea of turning someone away, and a helpful way to remember this is to think of making their path 'bend' away, linking to the old root curvus meaning 'bent'. So to curve someone is to reject or ignore their romantic or social advances.