uncoil

U1N1C3O1I1L1
/ʌnˈkɔɪəl/

verb

To unwind or untwist (something).

“Can you help me uncoil this rope?”

Opposite
Scrabble 8

Meanings

verbuncoil (third-person singular simple present uncoils, present participle uncoiling, simple past and past participle uncoiled)

present singular third person uncoils · participle present uncoiling · participle past uncoiled · past uncoiled

  1. 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
  2. intransitiveTo unwind or untwist oneself.

    The snake uncoiled and prepared to strike.

  3. derogatoryeuphemisticrareslangtransitiveTo defecate.

    Ugh, my brother used to say uncoil a butt snake

    2023, DilettanteGonePro, Reddit
    2 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

verbunwind or untwist

Opposite
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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

Rhymes with uncoil

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APA

uncoil. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncoil

MLA

“uncoil.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncoil. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uncoil,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncoil.

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