styling

noun

1. a sharp, slender, pointed instrument used by the ancients in writing on wax tablets
2. any of several devices, etc. similar in shape or use; specif.,
   1. Obsolete a pen
   2. an etching needle
   3. an engraving tool
   4. the pointer on a dial, chart, etc.
   5. the gnomon of a sundial
   6. Bot. the slender, stalklike part of a carpel between the stigma and the ovary
   7. Zool. a small, pointed projection or bristlelike process, as on some insects
3. 1. manner or mode of expression in language, as distinct from the ideas expressed; way of using words to express thoughts
   2. specific or characteristic manner of expression, execution, construction, or design, in any art, period, work, employment, etc.: the Byzantine style, modern style
4. distinction, excellence, originality, and character in any form of artistic or literary expression: an author who lacks style
5. the way in which anything is made or done
6. 1. the current, fashionable way of dressing, speaking, acting, etc.
   2. something stylish; esp., a garment of current, smart design
   3. a fashionable, luxurious existence: to live in style
7. distinction and elegance of manner and bearing
8. form of address; title: entitled to the style of Mayor
9. sort; kind; variety; type
10. a way of reckoning time, dates, etc.
11. Printing a particular manner of dealing with spelling, punctuation, word division, etc., as by a specific publisher, newspaper, etc.

Origin: ME < L stilus (sp. infl. by unrelated Gr stylos, pillar) < IE base *(s)tei-, pointed > L stimulus

transitive verb styled, styling

1. to name; call: Abraham Lincoln, styled the Great Emancipator
2. ☆ to design the style of
3. to treat (hair) by cutting, blow-drying, coloring, etc. in order to achieve a desired, usually fashionable, style
4. to bring into accord with an accepted style, as of a publisher; normalize spelling, punctuation, etc. of