Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

streel

/ˈstɹiːl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: streel
IPA: /ˈstɹiːl/

6

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A disreputable woman, a slut.

verb

To trail along; to saunter or be drawn along, carelessly, swaying in a kind of zigzag motion.

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"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 caricature."
"a yellow satin train that streeled after her like the tail of a comet"

Etymology

From Irish straoill (“untidy person”).

Usage

Colloquial

Inflected Forms

streels (plural) streels (present, singular) streeling (participle, present) streeled (participle, past) streeled (past)

Homonyms

streal

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce streel?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈstɹiːl/.
What does streel mean?: A disreputable woman, a slut.
Where does streel come from?: From Irish straoill (“untidy person”).

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