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sool

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See also: sóol, so·ol, and sóól

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Verb

sool (third-person singular simple present sools, present participle sooling, simple past and past participle sooled)

  1. (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

From Dutch zool.

Noun

sool (plural sole, diminutive sooltjie)

  1. sole (of a foot)
    Synonym: voetsool
  2. sole (of a paw or hoof)
  3. (footwear) sole (of a shoe)
    Synonym: skoensool
  4. (footwear) insole, innersole
    Synonym: binnesool
  5. (golf) sole (of a golf club)

Derived terms

  • binnesool
  • hoefsool
  • skoensool
  • soolleer
  • voetsool

Verb

sool (present sool, present participle solend, past participle gesool)

  1. (transitive, colloquial) to kick
    Synonym: skop
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Estonian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *sooli. Cognate with Finnish suoli.

Noun

sool (genitive soole, partitive soolt)

  1. (anatomy) intestine, bowel, gut
Declension
More information Declension of (ÕS type 13/suur, length gradation), singular ...

Etymology 2

From Proto-Finnic *soola. Cognate with Finnish suola.

Noun

sool (genitive soola, partitive soola)

  1. salt
Declension
More information Declension of (ÕS type 22i/külm, length gradation), singular ...
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Noun

sool

  1. adessive singular of sugu

Karao

Noun

sool

  1. share of harvested rice that goes to the person who helps harvest someone else's field

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