peel out

Variant of peel

peel definition

peel (pēl)

transitive verb

to cut away or strip off (the rind, skin, covering, surface, etc.) of (anything); pare

Etymology: ME pilien, peolien < OE *pilian < L pilare, to make bald < pilus, hair: see pile

intransitive verb

  1. to shed skin, bark, etc.
  2. to come off in layers or flakes, as old paint
  3. Slang to undress

noun

the rind or skin of fruit

Related Forms:

peel Idioms

peel off

  1. Aeron. to veer away from a flight formation in an abrupt maneuver
  2. Slang
    1. to depart; leave
    2. to go in another direction

peel rubber

or peel tires☆
Slang to accelerate an automobile very rapidly, as in a drag race
also peel out

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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