What is the meaning of coiling?

verb

  • To wind or move in a spiral course.
    • usage: "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"; "black smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor"
  • Make without a potter's wheel.
    • usage: "This famous potter hand-builds all of her vessels"
  • Wind around something in coils or loops.

adjective

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APAWordNet. (2010). coiling. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/coiling/definitions/1170958
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