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coiling up

coiling up is the present participle and gerund of coil up.

Meaning of coil up

Verb

coil up (third-person singular simple present coils up, present participle coiling up, simple past and past participle coiled up)

  1. (ambitransitive, idiomatic) to make, or become, coiled

Questions about coiling up

What is coiling up the present participle and gerund of?
Coiling up is the present participle and gerund of coil up.

Words near coiling up in the dictionary

  1. coilguns
  2. coilier
  3. coiliest
  4. coilin
  5. coiling
  6. coiling up
  7. coilingly
  8. coilings
  9. coilless
  10. coilopoceratid
  11. coilopoceratids

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