streel
/ (striːl) /
noun
Irish a slovenly woman
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What does "scattergood" mean?
a person who acts as though he or she knows everything and who dismisses the opinions, comments, or suggestions of others.
a person who spends possessions or money extravagantly or wastefully; spendthrift.
a well-intentioned but naive and often ineffectual social or political reformer.
TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUTWord Origin for streel
from Irish Gaelic straoill
Words nearby streel
Streamwood, streamy, Streator, streek, streeking, streel, Streep, street, street arab, streetcar, street certificate
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Example sentences from the Web for streel
As a verb, streel is used in the sense of to drag along in an untidy way:—'Her dress was streeling in the mud.'
English As We Speak It in Ireland|P. W. Joyce