Definition
To frighten, dismay, or excite someone thoroughly.
In Context
- ""I'm not hankering for the dramatic in life, but we had a run last night that would curl your hair.""
- ""Tell the son-of-a-gun for me that next time we meet I'll curl his hair right.""
- ""I'd have written him such a letter as would have curled his hair.""
- "After I printed that letter the volume of mail I received from survivors of child sexual abuse curled my hair."
- "Yanking open the door to the bathroom, I was greeted with a stink foul enough to curl my hair."