\Curl"y*cue\ (k?rl"?-k?), n. [Cf. F. caracole.]
Some thing curled or spiral,, as a flourish made with a pen
on paper, or with skates on the ice; a trick; a frolicsome
caper. [Sometimes written {carlicue}.] [ Colloq. U.S.]
{To cut a curlycue}, to make a flourish; to cut a caper.
         I gave a flourishing about the room and cut a
         curlycue with my right foot.          --McClintock.