keel

1. 1.

   walk as if unable to control one's movements

   “The drunken man staggered into the room”

   Synonymsstaggerreellurchswagcareen

   Broaderwalk

Other forms of keel

plural

keels·

past tense

keeled·

present participle

keeling·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about keel

What does keel mean?

keel means "a projection or ridge that suggests a keel". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in keel?

keel has 1 syllable: keel. In IPA it is /ˈkil/.

What is another word for keel?

Close synonyms include stagger, reel, lurch, swag, careen. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is keel a common word?

keel is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with keel?

1 word rhymes with keel. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.