Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

coiling

/ˈkɔɪlɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.30 in modern English

Syllables: coil-ing
IPA: /ˈkɔɪlɪŋ/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of coil

noun

The pattern or motion of something that coils.

noun

The process of fitting a ship with electromagnetic coils, so that it can be degaussed while travelling.

Example Sentences

"Holding out her small olive hand before her captain, she said in mild and slowest Spanish, "Senor, I buried him;" then paused, struggled as against the writhed coilings of a snake, and cringing suddenly, leaped up, repeating in impassioned pain, "I buried him, my life, my soul!""

Inflected Forms

coilings (plural)

Derived Forms

coilingly decoiling homocoiling hypercoiling supercoiling

Synonyms

helical spiral spiraling volute voluted whorled turbinate spiralling

Rhymes With

boiling foiling

Questions

How do you pronounce coiling?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɔɪlɪŋ/.
What does coiling mean?: present participle and gerund of coil

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