noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 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[…]"

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of uncoil form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

boo-booclarifyclear updefecatedisembroildisentangle

Example

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"I have no idea that repeated coilings and uncoilings can do any harm whatever to a piece of sound cable[…]"

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