sool

See also: sóol, so·ol, and sóól

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)

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^[1], 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".

Synonyms

• sic

Derived terms

• sooler

Anagrams

• Loos, OOLs, Oslo, loos, sloo, solo

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

Estonian

Etymology 1

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

Noun

sool (genitive soole, partitive soolt)

1. (anatomy) intestine, bowel, gut

Declension

Declension of sool (ÕS type 13/suur, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		sool	sooled
accusative	nom.
	gen.	soole
genitive			soolte
partitive		soolt	sooli
illative		soolde soolesse	sooltesse soolisse
inessive		sooles	sooltes soolis
elative		soolest	sooltest soolist
allative		soolele	sooltele soolile
adessive		soolel	sooltel soolil
ablative		soolelt	sooltelt soolilt
translative		sooleks	soolteks sooliks
terminative		sooleni	soolteni
essive		soolena	sooltena
abessive		sooleta	soolteta
comitative		soolega	sooltega

Etymology 2

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

Noun

sool (genitive soola, partitive soola)

1. salt

Declension

Declension of sool (ÕS type 22i/külm, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		sool	soolad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	soola
genitive			soolade
partitive		soola	sooli soolasid
illative		soola soolasse	sooladesse soolisse
inessive		soolas	soolades soolis
elative		soolast	sooladest soolist
allative		soolale	sooladele soolile
adessive		soolal	sooladel soolil
ablative		soolalt	sooladelt soolilt
translative		soolaks	sooladeks sooliks
terminative		soolani	sooladeni
essive		soolana	sooladena
abessive		soolata	sooladeta
comitative		soolaga	sooladega

Derived terms

• soolane

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