"streel" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /stɹiːl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-streel.wav Forms: streels [plural]
Rhymes: -iːl Etymology: From Irish straoille (“untidy person”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|ga|straoille||untidy person}} Irish straoille (“untidy person”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} streel (plural streels)
  1. A disreputable woman, a slut. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-streel-en-noun-u3mURyDL Disambiguation of People: 99 1 Categories (other): English undefined derivations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /stɹiːl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-streel.wav Forms: streels [present, singular, third-person], streeling [participle, present], streeled [participle, past], streeled [past]
Rhymes: -iːl Etymology: Compare stroll and streal. Head templates: {{en-verb}} streel (third-person singular simple present streels, present participle streeling, simple past and past participle streeled)
  1. (colloquial) To trail along; to saunter or be drawn along, carelessly, swaying in a kind of zigzag motion. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-streel-en-verb-70YQY940 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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