Keel (Verb)
Meaning
Walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room".
Classification
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
Examples
- The exhausted hiker started to keel over from dehydration and exhaustion.
- A man who had been hit on the head with a blunt object started to keel over.
- After a few too many drinks, he began to keel to one side and stumbled on the sidewalk.
- As the paramedics rushed him to the hospital, the injured athlete started to keel over in the ambulance.
- The elderly woman keeled over after walking a few feet, unable to regain her balance.