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sool
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English
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -uːl
Verb
sool (third-person singular simple present sools, present participle sooling, simple past and past participle sooled)
- (Australia) To encourage (especially a dog) to attack.
- My neighbour sooled her bull mastiff onto my chihuahua, because she was sick of its yapping and wanted it to meet its demise.
- 1896, K. Langloh Parker, Australian Legendary Tales, Nutt, page 91:
- She went quickly towards her camp, calling softly, "Birree gougou," which meant "Sool 'em, sool 'em," and was the signal for the dogs to come out.
- 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter VIII, in Capricornia, pages 120–121:
- So he had to satisfy his lust for homicide with passing on the urges of the Propagandists and sooling the able-bodied off to war and hounding pacifists and enemies into retirement.
Usage notes
- Usually in the form "sool someone onto someone/something".
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Afrikaans
Etymology
Noun
sool (plural sole, diminutive sooltjie)
- sole (of a foot)
- Synonym: voetsool
- sole (of a paw or hoof)
- (footwear) sole (of a shoe)
- Synonym: skoensool
- (footwear) insole, innersole
- Synonym: binnesool
- (golf) sole (of a golf club)
Derived terms
- binnesool
- hoefsool
- skoensool
- soolleer
- voetsool
Verb
sool (present sool, present participle solend, past participle gesool)
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Estonian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Finnic *sooli. Cognate with Finnish suoli.
Noun
sool (genitive soole, partitive soolt)
Declension
Etymology 2
From Proto-Finnic *soola. Cognate with Finnish suola.
Noun
sool (genitive soola, partitive soola)
Declension
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Etymology 3
Noun
sool
Karao
Noun
sool
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