Meaning

7 senses
  1. Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.

    the sinuous coils of a snake

    Spirale, Wickel, Rolle

    спира́льspirálʹ, кольцо́kolʹcó, вито́кvitók

    кото́кkotók, коту́шкаkotúška, спіра́льspirálʹ

    tubing that is wound in a spiral

  2. (colloquial)Any intrauterine device for contraception (originally coil-shaped).

  3. A coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow.

    Spule

    кату́шкаkatúška, боби́наbobína, шпу́лькаšpúlʹka

    коту́шкаkotúška, кото́кkotók

  4. A cylinder of clay.

  5. (figuratively)Entanglement; perplexity.

  6. A noise, tumult, bustle, or turmoil.

  7. (informal, slang)A wad of cash.

    шумšum, суета́sujetá, сумато́хаsumatóxa

    га́ласhálas, ґвалтgvalt, шумšum

Examples

21 sentences
  1. Her hair hung in neat coils.

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  2. That rope has to be coiled.

    deDas Seil muss aufgewickelt werden.

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  3. The snake coiled around my cock.

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  4. It's a large ring of magnetic coil.

    deEs ist eine große ringförmige Magnetspule.

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  5. Ziri cleaned the coil of the air conditioner.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
something wound:
noise:
Русский
By meaning 3
something wound:
coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor:
noise:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
something wound:
coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow — see also inductor:

Origin

From Middle English coilen, from Old French coillir, cuillir (“to gather, pluck, pick, cul

From Middle English coilen, from Old French coillir, cuillir (“to gather, pluck, pick, cull”) (modern French cueillir), from Latin colligō (“to gather together”), past participle collectus, from com- (“together”) + legō (“to gather”); compare legend. Doublet of cull.

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Forms

plural: coils
Singularcoil
Pluralcoils

regular

Synonyms

11 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

39 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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