Usually means: Release from a coiled position.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word Uncoil:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. uncoil: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. uncoil: Merriam-Webster
  3. uncoil: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. uncoil: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. uncoil: Collins English Dictionary
  6. uncoil: Vocabulary.com
  7. uncoil: Wordnik
  8. uncoil: Wiktionary
  9. uncoil: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. uncoil: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. uncoil: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. uncoil: Dictionary.com
  13. Uncoil: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. uncoil: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. uncoil: Rhymezone
  16. Uncoil: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. uncoil: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. uncoil: FreeDictionary.org
  19. uncoil: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. uncoil: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. uncoil: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (uncoil)

▸ verb:  (transitive) To unwind or untwist (something).
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To unwind or untwist oneself.

Similar:
uncurled, straight, unwound, untwine, untwirl, unclew, unwreathe, untwist, unroll, wind off, more...

Opposite:
coil, wind, twist, spiral, entwine

Types:
spiral, helical, coil, spiral coil, helical coil, spiral spring, helical spring, spiral staircase, more...



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Similar:
uncurled, straight, unwound, untwine, untwirl, unclew, unwreathe, untwist, unroll, wind off, more...

Opposite:
coil, wind, twist, spiral, entwine

Types:
spiral, helical, coil, spiral coil, helical coil, spiral spring, helical spring, spiral staircase, more...



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