A noise, tumult, bustle, or turmoil.
Any intrauterine device (Abbreviation: IUD)—the first IUDs were coil-shaped.
A coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow.
Entanglement; perplexity.
Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.
A cylinder of clay.
To build a pot (etc) with clay coils.
To wind cylindrically or spirally.
To wind or reel e.g. a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece.
To wind into loops (roughly) around a common center.
A convulsive fit of coughing or laughter; a sonorous indraft of breath; a whoop; a gasp of breath caused by laughing, coughing, or crying.
A positive 1-soliton solution to the sine-Gordon equation.
A tight curl, twist, or bend in a length of thin material, hair etc.
An unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a whim; a caprice.
A difficulty or flaw that is likely to impede operation, as in a plan or system.
Peculiarity or deviation in sexual behaviour or taste.
A person with peculiar sexual tastes.
To laugh loudly.
To be formed into a kink or twist.
To form a kink or twist.
To gasp for breath as in a severe fit of coughing.