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uncoils

uncoils is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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)

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Uncoils is the third-person singular simple present indicative of uncoil.

Words near uncoils in the dictionary

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

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