coiled

• IPA^(key): /kɔɪld/

coiled

1. simple past tense and past participle of coil

coiled (comparative more coiled, superlative most coiled)

1. In the form of coils; having coils.

   a coiled serpent

2. Prepared and poised to act, like a snake that has coiled its lower body so it can strike.
   • 2012 May 9, Jonathan Wilson, “Europa League: Radamel Falcao's Atlético Madrid rout Athletic Bilbao”, in the Guardian‎:

     Two first-half goals from the Colombian forward Radamel Falcao won the game, allowing Atlético to spend the final hour or so sitting deep, coiled always for a breakaway.

• looped

• cleido-, coldie, docile