streel

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
7
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈstɹiːl/
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/ˈstɹiːl/ · [ˈstɹ̝̊ʷɪi̯l] · [ˈst̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷɪi̯l]

Definition of streel

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A disreputable woman, a slut.
    “Cissy came up along the strand with the two twins and their ball with her hat anyhow on her to one side after her run and she did look a streel tugging the two kids along with the flimsy blouse she bought only a fortnight before like a rag on her back and bit of her petticoat hanging like a caricature.”
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noun

  1. A disreputable woman, a slut.
    “Cissy came up along the strand with the two twins and their ball with her hat anyhow on her to one side after her run and she did look a streel tugging the two kids along with the flimsy blouse she bought only a fortnight before like a rag on her back and bit of her petticoat hanging like a caricature.”

verb

  1. (colloquial)To trail along; to saunter or be drawn along, carelessly, swaying in a kind of zigzag motion.
    “a yellow satin train that streeled after her like the tail of a comet”

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Etymology

From Irish straoill (“untidy person”).

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