coil
/kɔɪl/ noun C2- A noise, tumult, bustle, or turmoil.
Plural coils
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A countryman saw them, and running up, loosed the coil of the Serpent and let the Eagle go free.
Nag coiled himself down, coil by coil, round the bulge at the bottom of the water jar, and Rikki-tikki stayed still as death.
I did so, and driven by the draught a coil of grey smoke swirled down the corridor, while the dry straw crackled and flamed.
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