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Definition of sool in English: soolverb suːl [with object]Australian, NZ 1(of a dog) attack or worry (an animal) a pair of these birds will sometimes sool a hare Example sentencesExamples - They saw one of our cats sunning herself on the front fence, and thought it would be funny to sool the dog onto the cat.
- 1.1 Urge or goad (someone) into doing something.
you're always trying to sool me into thinking this or that Example sentencesExamples - Such people, the powerless, are easy prey, for those who stalk the political landscape, searching for scapegoats onto whom the angry and disenfranchised, whether socially or economically, can be sooled, as we say where I come from.
- I do not think Justice Barrett is going to proceed in the light of these orders, even if Mr Gageler is sooling him on.
Derivatives noun NZ, Australian Never heard of anyone being called a sooler before but the sense of someone on the attack sounds right.
Origin Late 19th century: variant of dialect sowl 'seize by the ears', of unknown origin. Rhymes Banjul, befool, Boole, boule, boules, boulle, cagoule, cool, drool, fool, ghoul, Joule, mewl, misrule, mule, O'Toole, pool, Poole, pul, pule, Raoul, rule, school, shul, spool, Stamboul, stool, Thule, tomfool, tulle, you'll, yule |