Sekirov Dictionary

teakettle

/ˈtiˌkɛtəl/

noun 1
verb 1
forms 3
phrases 1

noun1

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A vessel used to boil water for tea or other hot beverages.
- Phoebe and the fire that boiled the teakettle were equally bright, cheerful, and efficient, in their respective offices. — 1851

verb1

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(rare) To make a shrill sound like a boiling teakettle.
- The Carolina wrens love it too, and they were teakettling away around me. — 2006

forms

teakettled · teakettling · teakettles

Phrases with teakettle

ass over teakettle
Tumbling upside down.

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