as in licked
to strike repeatedly
vowed to curry the hide of the person who stole his wallet
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Recent Examples of curried
Two of the more interesting items from the savory tier include a delicate few bites of salmon rillette on a miso brown butter crisp, and curried chicken salad tarts topped with cherry gelée.
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Megan Dubois, Southern Living, 22 Jan. 2026
Our recipes offer choices for every flavor preference—hot and spicy, cheesy, Cajun, curried, tropical, or honey-mustard.
—Hannah Agran, Midwest Living, 14 Jan. 2026
For a taste of the Caribbean, head to Kingston Kitchen at the Village Inn, where chef Shawn Fearon serves the flavors of his native Jamaica—oxtail, jerk chicken, ackee and saltfish, curried goat, and the best whitefish sandwich on the island.
—Christine Chitnis, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2025
Another option is to sample the king fish platter — curried, stewed, or fried.
—Loán Lake, Charlotte Observer, 16 Sep. 2025
Megan Dubois, Southern Living, 22 Jan. 2026
Our recipes offer choices for every flavor preference—hot and spicy, cheesy, Cajun, curried, tropical, or honey-mustard.
—Hannah Agran, Midwest Living, 14 Jan. 2026
For a taste of the Caribbean, head to Kingston Kitchen at the Village Inn, where chef Shawn Fearon serves the flavors of his native Jamaica—oxtail, jerk chicken, ackee and saltfish, curried goat, and the best whitefish sandwich on the island.
—Christine Chitnis, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2025
Another option is to sample the king fish platter — curried, stewed, or fried.
—Loán Lake, Charlotte Observer, 16 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for curried
Verb
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Rumor has it the fashion crowd licked the shelves clean in Paris as soon as the first designs hit stores.—
Christina Holevas,
Vogue,
26 Mar. 2026
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Of course, the flue was closed, so the fire licked up the walls, left a smell like the fall, like ancient smokehouses and dung.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Mar. 2026
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For 10 minutes, Boyd took in the scene as the flags whipped above the center-field scoreboard, Cubs infielders took grounders and stadium workers finished final preparations before 39,712 fans streamed into the ballpark.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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This pizza has soppressata, whipped ricotta and drizzles of hot honey.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Mar. 2026
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Old timers can recall when clockwork storms pounded in the summer and drizzled in the winter.—
Shi En Kim,
AZCentral.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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The fort stood high above the river, where fearsome artillery was able to turn back the Union gunboats that had pounded low-lying Fort Henry into submission.—
Bill Steiden,
Des Moines Register,
24 Mar. 2026
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After Cooke lashed out verbally, Wilson intervened and later comforted Batula in a conversation picked up by their microphones.—
Jenni Fink,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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Trump has lashed out at a number of G7 members and NATO allies for not responding to his calls for help in reopening the Strait of Hormuz, although in recent days several of them had indicated a willingness to back appropriate action to restore the key waterway to normal traffic.—
Matthew Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Mar. 2026
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The Gulf War left Saddam Hussein in power, but weakened and dangerous, a source of regional instability for another decade—a pattern that some fear might be playing out in Iran, if the regime emerges from the war battered but no less entrenched.—
Ishaan Tharoor,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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But Ukraine’s drone attacks are also forcing Moscow to deprioritize some exports and protect consumers, who have been battered by high inflation.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
29 Mar. 2026
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Dallas pelted Gustavsson during the man advantage, but Minnesota got a high-danger scoring chance as well, only to see Oettinger stuff Nico Sturm on a shorthanded rush to the net.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
21 Mar. 2026
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The ball was pelted to left field at over 400 feet, and their patented celebration ensued.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
16 Mar. 2026
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Video and witness statements, police said, revealed that Hussain was assaulted in the building’s lobby, struck and knocked to the ground before being forced toward his apartment.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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Then in 1998, Buttered Popcorn knocked it from the top spot.—
Samantha Agate,
Kansas City Star,
1 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Jeep chopped the roofline by two inches on this one while adding 37-inch tires for better clearance.—
Caleb Jacobs,
The Drive,
26 Mar. 2026
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Measure out ¼ cup onion from 1 large white onion, finely chopped, and set aside.—
Rebecca Firkser,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Curried.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curried. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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