Meanings
present singular third person uncoils · participle present uncoiling · participle past uncoiled · past uncoiled
- transitiveTo unwind or untwist (something).
Can you help me uncoil this rope?
1 more example
I was walking up and down, putting her to sleep one evening, when I found myself treading on something most repulsively soft; and as I did so, the reptile uncoiled itself and quietly glided off the verandah.
1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 174 - derogatoryeuphemisticrareslangtransitiveTo defecate.
Ugh, my brother used to say uncoil a butt snake
2023, DilettanteGonePro, Reddit2 more examples
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 science of municipal sanitation.' They do uncoil anywhere and everywhere. It is a great mingling of cow, dog, goat and human feces. sh!t dust is in the air.
2009 June 24, Gul N. Khan, “india has toilets, u.n. honors bharat ratna narendra modi”, in aus.politics (Usenet)Ah the remittance power is slowly going to die a slow death, but the only impact will be that street shitter slumdogs will go up also. From 70% to 90% will uncoil on side walks and railway tracks. The rest 10% will either die of starvation or escape the paradise to live in Christian or a Muslim country. America has already cancelled H1 visas and is deporting illegal Hindus back to the Indian paradise. EU including UK must do the same so should the remaining Arab states.
2020 July 6, Araya, “Kuwait to deport 800,000 Indian Hindus.”, in soc.culture.uk (Usenet)
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian развивам, размотавам
- развивам (razvivam)unwind or untwist (something)
- размотавам (razmotavam)unwind or untwist (something)
Latin explicō
- explicōunwind or untwist (something)
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
uncoil. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncoil
“uncoil.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncoil. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uncoil,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncoil.
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