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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of spool.

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Examples

  • Martin recently moved to using "ready spooled" casings for their sausages - they cost a little more but save a whole lot of time because they come "spooled" on narrow plastic tubes rather than in loose hanks (imagine how knotted hanks of yarn can get, how awkward it is to unravel them sometimes; now imagine that with pig guts instead of yarn).

    How can I recycle this? louisa 2010

  • Before the engines had even spooled up, Gideon pressed Earl.

    Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011

  • I found the biggest problem was line "knifing" down into the spooled line.

    The Great Braid Debate 2009

  • I run a few of my reels to the shop and have them spooled.

    The Great Braid Debate 2009

  • On a trout fishing trip to the lake last spring I grabed the wrong pole that was spooled with Power Pro 20# to go for a day of trolling for trout.

    The Great Braid Debate 2009

  • It spooled to the floor like a roll of toilet paper.

    Unleashed John F. Kennedy 2011

  • It spooled to the floor like a roll of toilet paper.

    Unleashed John F. Kennedy 2011

  • I used 50lb braid, but I use 30lb mono now and never had a break on a fish unless it spooled me ... which happens sometimes when you fish king salmon from the bank if they are big.

    Braid vs. 2009

  • Before the engines had even spooled up, Gideon pressed Earl.

    Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011

  • I used 50lb braid, but I use 30lb mono now and never had a break on a fish unless it spooled me ... which happens sometimes when you fish king salmon from the bank if they are big.

    Braid vs. 2009

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  • A bullyish word that means "spoiled, told, spelled, schooled, and fooled."

    June 11, 2008