"sool" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: sools [present, singular, third-person], sooling [participle, present], sooled [participle, past], sooled [past]
Rhymes: -uːl Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: Australia Synonyms: sic Derived forms: sooler
    Sense id: en-sool-en-verb-1NvlyFIY Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for sool meaning in English (1.8kB)

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        {
          "text": "My neighbour sooled her bull mastiff onto my chihuahua, because she was sick of its yapping and wanted it to meet its demise."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1896, K. Langloh Parker, Australian Legendary Tales, Nutt, page 91",
          "text": "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."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter VIII, in Capricornia, pages 120–121",
          "text": "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.",
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        "To encourage (especially a dog) to attack."
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        "(Australia) To encourage (especially a dog) to attack."
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        "Australia"
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    {
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter VIII, in Capricornia, pages 120–121",
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