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uncoiling

uncoiling is the present participle and gerund of uncoil.

Meaning of uncoil

Verb

uncoil (third-person singular simple present uncoils, present participle uncoiling, simple past and past participle uncoiled)

  1. (transitive) To unwind or untwist (something).
    • Can you help me uncoil this rope?
  2. (intransitive) To unwind or untwist oneself.
    • The snake uncoiled and prepared to strike.
  3. (derogatory, euphemistic, rare, slang, transitive) To defecate.
    • Indians defecate everywhere. They defecate, mostly, beside the railway tracks. But they also defecate on the beaches; they defecate on the hills; they defecate on the river banks; they defecate on the streets; they never look for cover ... the one thing we can and must learn from the West is the...2009 June 24, Gul N. Khan, “india has toilets, u.n. honors bharat ratna narendra modi”, in aus.politics (Usenet)

Noun

uncoiling (plural uncoilings)

  1. The act of something being uncoiled.
    • I have no idea that repeated coilings and uncoilings can do any harm whatever to a piece of sound cable[…]1861, Great Britain. Privy Council. Committee for Trade, Report of the joint committee appointed by the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and the Atlantic Telegraph Company to inquire...

Forms of uncoiling

pluraluncoilings

Questions about uncoiling

What does uncoiling mean?
Uncoiling means the act of something being uncoiled.
What is uncoiling the present participle and gerund of?
Uncoiling is the present participle and gerund of uncoil.
What part of speech is uncoiling?
Uncoiling is a noun.
What is the plural of uncoiling?
The plural of uncoiling is uncoilings.

Words near uncoiling in the dictionary

  1. uncoifs
  2. uncoil
  3. uncoilable
  4. uncoiled
  5. uncoiler
  6. uncoiling
  7. uncoilings
  8. uncoils
  9. uncoin
  10. uncoinable
  11. uncoincidental

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