Complete Definition of "streel"

English

Etymology
From Irish straoille �untidy person�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/stri:l/

Noun
en-noun

  1. a disreputable woman, a slut

#:*1922: Cissy came up along the strand with the two twins and their ball with her hat anyhow on her to one side after her run and she did look a streel tugging the two kids along with the flimsy blouse she bought only a fortnight before like a rag on her back and bit of her petticoat hanging like a caricature. � James Joyce, Ulysses


Dutch
Verb
infl|nl|verb|cat=verb forms

  1. First person singular present tense of strelen.
  2. Imperative form of strelen.

ru:streel

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