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KEELHAUL

Definition: KEELHAUL

KEELHAUL

Intransitive verb

1. To haul under the keel of a ship, by ropes attached to the yardarms on each side. It was formerly practiced as a punishment in the Dutch and English navies.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Note: Keelhaul \Keel"haul`\, intransitive verb. [imperative past participle Keelhauled; present participle verb or noun Keelhauling.]. (Websters 1913)


Synonyms within Context: KEELHAUL

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Punishment

Tar and feather; pelt, stone, lapidate; masthead, keelhaul.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: KEELHAUL

English words defined with "KEELHAUL": Keelhauled, Keelhauling, Keelrake. (references)

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Commercial Usage: KEELHAUL

DomainTitle

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: KEELHAUL

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

keelhaul

10

keelhaul operation

7
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: KEELHAUL

Language Translations for "KEELHAUL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

ругая (abuse, be down on, call names, curse, cuss, damn, drub, get on to smb., inveigh, land on, rail, rate, revile, row, slang, slate, storm at, swear, swear at, vituperate, walk into, whip). (various references)

   

German

  

kielholen (careen). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

επιτιμώ (animadvert, berate, objurgate, rebuke, reprehend, reprimand, reprove, upbraid), τιμωρώ (castigate, chasten, chastise, correct, discipline, penalize, punish). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

lehord (blitz, to carpet, to jump upon, to keelhaul, to rate, to round upon, to row, to scold, to slag, to slag off, to strafe, to tick off, to trounce, to vituperate). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eelhaulkay

   

Russian 

  

килевать (heel, keel). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

oštro kazniti. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

kölhala. (various references)

   

Thai

  

ลากคน"้วยเชือกไปตามใต้ท้องเรือจากฝั่งหนึ่งไปอีกฝั่งหนึ่ง (เป็นการลงโทษชนิ"หนึ่ง). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

fırça atmak (berate, give smb. a roasting, give smb. a telling-off, give the stick, lam into, lambaste, rate, roast, sail into, slam, trounce), ceza olarak geminin altından geçirmek, azarlamak (admonish, baste, bawl out, berate, blame, blister, blow up, bring up, call down, call smb. over the coals, carpet, castigate, chew out, chide, come down on, decry, dress down, give a piece of one's mind, give smb. a talking-to, give smb. a telling-off, give smb. beans, give smb. hell, give the stick, inveigh, jaw out, lace into, lambaste, lash, lecture, let smb. have it, light into, objurgate, peck at smb., punish, rag, rail, rap smb. over the knuckles, rate, rebuke, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, roast, sail into, scold, score, slang, slap, slate, strafe, take to task, talk to smb., tell off, tell smb. one's mind, tick off, trim, twit, upbraid, vituperate). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: KEELHAUL

Derivations

Words beginning with "KEELHAUL": keelhauled, keelhauling, keelhauls. (additional references)


Misspellings

"KEELHAUL" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: kahlua, keelhawl. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: KEELHAUL

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-e-h-k-l-l-u"

-3 letters: ahull, allee, lehua.

-4 letters: akee, alee, hake, hale, hall, haul, heal, heel, hell, hula, hulk, hull, kale, keel, lake, lakh, leak, leal, leek, leke, leku.

-5 letters: ale, all, auk, eau, eel, eke, elk, ell, hae, hue, kae, kea, kue, lea, lee, lek, leu, uke.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-e-h-k-l-l-u"
 

+1 letter: keelhauls.

 

+2 letters: keelhauled.

 

+3 letters: keelhauling, leukorrheal.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: KEELHAUL


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4B 45 45 4C 48 41 55 4C

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-.-    .    .    .-..    ....    .-    ..-    .-..

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001011 01000101 01000101 01001100 01001000 01000001 01010101 01001100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#75 &#69 &#69 &#76 &#72 &#65 &#85 &#76

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004B 0045 0045 004C 0048 0041 0055 004C

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4539394642355546

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Derivations
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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Bulgaars, Bulgaar, bulgr, ‏البلغارية, ‏بلغاري, Búlgaru, български, български език, българин, Bulgaryan, 保 利亚, bulharský, bulgarer, bulgarskt, bulgarialainen, Bulgaarsk, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bullgar, bolgár, bulgaro, 불가리아, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, Bułgar, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri, for Bulgarian;
Duits, Duitser, Duitse taal, Germaan, gjerman, ‏ضرب من الرقص, ‏جرماني, ‏المانية, ‏الماني, ‏اللغة الألمانية, роден, германски, немски език, немски, немец, готически, германец, 德語 , 德语, 德文 , 德國 , nìmecký, nìmec, tysker, Duitse, týskur, týskt, týskari, saksalainen, Allemand, Dútsk, Deutsche, Deutsch, "ερμανός, gjermanisht, 'רמ י, 'רמ ית, német, þjóðverji, þýskur, GearmÚnach, GearmÚinis, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 독일, todesch, Germaanagh, Garmane, Germaanish, Carmane, aleman, Niemiec, niemiecki, alemão, alemand, neamţ, немецкий, Siamani, germanski, alemán, Tudesku, Doysri, mjeremani, mdachi, sí-Jalimáne, tysk, เยอรมัน, าษาเยอรมัน, Alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister, Almaenwr, isiJalimane, iliJalimane, iJalimane, for German;
Grieks, Griek, ‏الإغريقي, ‏يوناني, ‏اللغة اليونانية, Griegu, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, Griyego, 希臘語 , 希腊语, řecký, řeètina, řek, græker, grikst, kreikkalainen, grec, Gryk, Gryksk, Gryks, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, Grikki, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", 그리스, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, grèc, greacã, греческий, Eleni, grk, grčki jezik, grčki, griego, grek, Yunanli, yunanlı, yunanca, yunan, Rumca, yunanistan'a ait, rum, грек, гречанка, грецька мова, грецький, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm, kẻ lừa đảo, Groegwr, for Greek;
Hongaars, Hongaar, hungarez, ‏الهنغاري, ‏مجري, ‏هنغاري, ‏المجري, ‏اللغة الهنغارية, Húngaru, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, Hungaryan, 匈牙利語 , 匈牙利语, maïarský, maïar, maïarština, ungarer, Hongaarse, ungarskt, unkarilainen, hongrois, Hongaarsk, ungar, Ούγγρος, "ו 'רי, magyar, ungherese, 헝가리, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, Węgier, ongrés, ungureşte, ungur, limba maghiarã, unguresc, maghiar, limba ungarã, венгр, венгерский, mađarski, mađar, mađarski jezik, húngaro, ungrare, ชาวฮังการี, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорка, угорський, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri, for Hungarian;
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Sweeds, suedez, ‏اللغة السويدية, Suecu, шведски език, шведски, швед, Swedis, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, švédský, švédština, Zweeds, svenskt, ruotsalainen, suédois, Sweedsk, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, sænskur, Sualainnis, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", 스웨덴, Soolynish, Soolynagh, suèc, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển, for Swedish;
Tailandes, 泰國 , 泰文 , 泰国, 泰 , thailænder, Thailander, Thai, Thais, thailendskt, thaimaalainen, Thaïlandais, thailändisch, Thailänder, Ταϊλανδός· Ταϊλανδέζος, tailandese, 泰語 , たい", 타이 말, tailandês, tailandés, thailändare, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, คนไทย, Taylandlı, Tayland Dili, Tayland, Tai Dili, Та"ць, Тайська Мова, Тайський, for Thai;
Turks, turk, ‏تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, ‏اللغة التركية, Turcu, турски, турски език, Turko, 土耳其, 土耳其語 , tureètina, turecký, turkist, turkkilainen, turque, turc, Turksk, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, טורקי, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türk, türkçe, турецька мова, турецький, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ, for Turkish;