Coil
Definitions
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Abbreviation of chemical oxygen-iodine laser. abbreviation, alt-of
- A noise, tumult, bustle, or turmoil.
- A wad of cash.
- Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.
- A surname.
- Any intrauterine device (abbreviation: IUD)—the first IUDs were coil-shaped.
- A coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow.
- A cylinder of clay.
- Entanglement; perplexity.
Equivalents
Examples
“the sinuous coils of a snake”
“The wild grapevines that twisted their coils or tendrils from tree to tree.”
“‘I’m gonna go on the pill and get⟳ fitted for a coil. I don’t wanna be pregnant. Ever. Again!’”
“What trifling coil do we mortals keep⟳; Wake⟳, eat⟳, and drink⟳, evacuate, and sleep⟳.”
“a. 1738, Thomas Urquhart, Peter Anthony Motteux, and John Ozell (translators), François Rabelais, Gargantua and Pantagruel And when he saw⟳ that all the dogs were flocking about her, yarring at the retardment of their access to her, and every way keeping such a coil with her as they are wont to do about a proud or salt bitch, he forthwith departed […]”
“If the windes rage, doth not the Sea wax mad, / Threatning the welkin with his big-swolne face⟳? / And wilt thou haue a reason⟳ for this coile?”
“this great Savage desired also to see⟳ him. A great coyle there was to set⟳ him forward⟳.”
“[T]hey continued ſo extremely fond of Gold, that if Peter ſent them abroad, though it were only upon a Complement; they would Roar, and Spit⟳, and Belch, and Piſs, and Fart, and Snivle out Fire, and keep⟳ a perpetual Coyl, till you flung them a Bit of Gold; [...]”
“His liver demanded activity, namely, a quarrel, and what a coil this was!”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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