coil

noun7

1. •
   Something wound in the form of a helix or spiral.

   • the sinuous coils of a snake
2. •
   A coil of electrically conductive wire through which electricity can flow.
3. •
   (informal) Any intrauterine device for contraception (originally coil-shaped).

   • ‘I’m gonna go on the pill and get fitted for a coil. I don’t wanna be pregnant. Ever. Again!’ — 2020
4. •
   (figurative) Entanglement; perplexity.

   • What trifling coil do we mortals keep; Wake, eat, and drink, evacuate, and sleep. — 1722
5. •
   A noise, tumult, bustle, or turmoil.

   • If the windes rage, doth not the Sea wax mad, / Threatning the welkin with his big-swolne face? / And wilt thou haue a reason for this coile? — 1588
6. •
   (informal, slang) A wad of cash.
7. •
   A cylinder of clay.

verb5

1. •
   To wind or reel e.g. a wire or rope into regular rings, often around a centerpiece.

   • A simple transformer can be made by coiling two pieces of insulated copper wire around an iron heart.
2. •
   To wind into loops (roughly) around a common center.

   • The sailor coiled the free end of the hawser on the pier.
3. •
   To wind cylindrically or spirally.

   • The snake coiled itself before springing.
4. •
   To build a pot (etc) with clay coils.
5. •
   (no longer used, rare) To encircle and hold with, or as if with, coils.

noun1

1. •
   Abbreviation of chemical oxygen-iodine laser.