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What does coil mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word coil? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.
  2. Any intrauterine device (Abbreviation: IUD)—the first IUDs were coil-shaped.
  3. (electrical) A coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow.
  4. (figuratively) Entanglement; perplexity.
Verb
  1. To wind or reel e.g. a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece.
  2. To wind into loops (roughly) around a common center.
  3. To wind cylindrically or spirally.
  4. (obsolete, rare) To encircle and hold with, or as if with, coils.
Noun
  1. (now obsolete except in phrases) A noise, tumult, bustle, or turmoil.
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