stool
[ stool ]
/ stul /
noun
verb (used without object)
to put forth shoots from the base or root, as a plant; form a stool.
Slang.
to turn informer; serve as a stool pigeon.
Idioms for stool
fall between two stools,
to fail, through hesitation or indecision, to select either of two alternatives.
Origin of stool
before 900; Middle English; Old English
stōl; cognate with German
Stuhl, Old Norse
stōll, Gothic
stols chair; all < Germanic
*stō- (< Indo-European root of
stand) +
*-l- suffix; akin to OCS
stolŭ throne
OTHER WORDS FROM stool
stool·like, adjectiveWords nearby stool
stood,
stooge,
stook,
stookey-scarff operation,
stookie,
stool,
stool ball,
stool pigeon,
stooly,
stoop,
stoop ball
Example sentences from the Web for stool
British Dictionary definitions for stool
stool
/ (stuːl) /
noun
verb (intr)
(of a plant) to send up shoots from the base of the stem, rootstock, etc
to lure wildfowl with a decoy
Word Origin for stool
Old English
stōl; related to Old Norse
stōll, Gothic
stōls, Old High German
stuol chair, Greek
stulos pillar
Medical definitions for stool
stool
[ stōōl ]
n.
Evacuated fecal matter.
Idioms and Phrases with stool
stool