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Definition of Keel over
1. Verb. Turn over and fall. "These cars won't keel over "; "The man had a heart attack and keeled over"
Definition of Keel over
1. Verb. (intransitive nautical) Of a vessel: to roll so far on its side that it cannot recover; to capsize. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive idiomatic) To collapse in a faint; to black out; to die. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Keel Over
Literary usage of Keel over
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded by John Russell Bartlett (1860)
"To keel over. A nautical phrase, meaning to capsize or upset, ... keel over they
must, and a gradual careen would be much better than a sudden capsize. ..."
2. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"... might have accomplished the voyage.—Daily Morning Herald, St. Louis, June 23.
keel over, Keel up. To upset, to kill. ..."
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