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, Capricornia, Chapter VIII, pp. 120-121, [1]

     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

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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

Inflection of sool (ÕS type 13/suur, length gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	sool	sooled
accusative	soole	sooled
genitive	soole	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 (type külm)

	singular	plural
nominative	sool	soolad
genitive	soola	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

Noun

sool

1. adessive singular of sugu

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Karao

Noun

sool

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