Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: coil
IPA transcription: [k'ɔɪl]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: coil, spiral, volute, whorl, helix
    Meaning: a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops; "a coil of rope"
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: gyrate, spiral, coil
    Meaning: to wind or move in a spiral course; "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"; "black smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor"
Usage examples
  • Was there ever such a coil?"
  • He carries with him this coil of rope.
  • Spargo, you see that coil of rope there.
  • The coil was running out over his hands like a thing of life.
  • A spacesuited figure suddenly appeared in the tiny airlock, holding a coil of rope.
  • "Will you please coil up the stake rope and fasten it to the horn, Mr. Stallings?" asked Tad.
  • Early next morning David climbed up to the ledge, bringing with him the coil of rope and the hatchet.
  • Netteke, the mule, came to a sudden stop, and Mother De Smet sat down equally suddenly on a coil of rope.
  • Until a dark coil that had the shape of a dragon slithered across the milky way and began to devour them one by one.
  • Tad, with a grin, stepped off a few paces, taking with him, however, the coil of rope, one end of which was still fastened around the beast's neck.