streel

¹streel

verb \ˈstrēl\

Definition of STREEL

intransitive verb

1

chiefly Irish : to saunter idly and aimlessly

2

chiefly Irish : to trail or float in the manner of a streamer

Origin of STREEL

Irish straoill-, sraoill- to tear apart, trail, trudge, from Old Irish sroiglid he scourges, from sroigell scourge, from Latin flagellum — more at flagellate

First Known Use: 1805

Rhymes with STREEL

ceil, chiel, creel, deal, deil, eel, feel, heal, heel, keel, Kiel, kneel, leal, meal, peal, peel, real, reel, seal, seel, shiel, speel, spiel, squeal, steal, steel, Steele, teal, tuille, veal, weal, wheal, wheel, zeal