streel

/ˈstɹiːl/

streel noun: a disreputable woman, a slut.

Noun

streel (plural streels)

A disreputable woman, a slut.
- Cissy came up along the strand with the two twins and their ball with her hat anyhow on her to one side after her run and she did look a streel tugging the two kids along with the flimsy blouse she bought only a fortnight before like a rag on her back and bit of her petticoat hanging like a...1922, James Joyce, Ulysses

streel (third-person singular simple present streels, present participle streeling, simple past and past participle streeled)

(colloquial) To trail along; to saunter or be drawn along, carelessly, swaying in a kind of zigzag motion.
- a yellow satin train that streeled after her like the tail of a comet1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC

உருக்குமம்

Noun
plural	streels
Verb
third-person singular present	streels
present participle	streeling
past participle	streeled
past	streeled

From Irish straoill (“untidy person”).

Compare stroll and streal.

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What does streel mean?: Streel means a disreputable woman, a slut.
What is streel in Tamil?: Streel in Tamil is உருக்குமம். See Streel meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is streel?: Streel can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce streel?: Streel is pronounced /ˈstɹiːl/.
What is the plural of streel?: The plural of streel is streels.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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