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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024coil1 /kɔɪl/USA pronunciation v. - to wind (something) into rings one above the other or one around the other: [no object]Smoke coiled up the chimney.[~ + object]She coiled her scarf around her neck.
- [~ + object] to gather (rope, etc.) into loops: Coil the garden hose and hang it in the garage.
n. [countable] - a series of spirals or rings into which something is wound: a coil of rope.
- a single such ring:hair tied into a tight coil.
- Buildingan arrangement of pipes, as in a radiator.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024coil1 (koil),USA pronunciation v.t. - to wind into continuous, regularly spaced rings one above the other:to coil a wire around a pencil.
- to wind on a flat surface into rings one around the other:He coiled the rope on the deck.
- to gather (rope, wire, etc.) into loops:She coiled the garden hose and hung it on the hook.
v.i. - to form rings, spirals, etc.;
gather or retract in a circular way:The snake coiled, ready to strike. - to move in or follow a winding course:The river coiled through the valley.
n. - a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- a single such ring.
- Buildingan arrangement of pipes, coiled or in a series, as in a radiator.
- a continuous pipe having inlet and outlet, or flow and return ends.
- Medicinean intrauterine device.
- Electricity, Automotive
- a conductor, as a copper wire, wound up in a spiral or other form.
- a device composed essentially of such a conductor.
- , Electricity, AutomotiveSee ignition coil.
- [Philately.]
- a stamp issued in a roll, usually of 500 stamps, and usually perforated vertically or horizontally only.
- a roll of such stamps.
- perh. variant of cull 1605–15
- a noisy disturbance;
commotion;
tumult. - trouble;
bustle;
ado.
- origin, originally uncertain 1560–70
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