verb
- To suffer temporary lack of consciousness: black out, faint, pass out, swoon. See awareness/unawareness.
| Thesaurus: keel over |
verb
| Idioms: keel over |
Collapse, as if in a faint; also, faint. For example, When she heard the awful news, she keeled over. This term alludes to a vessel rolling on its keel and capsizing. [Mid-1800s]
| Antonyms: keel over |
Definition: fall, faint
Antonyms: stand, straighten
| WordNet: keel over |
The verb has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
turn over and fall
| keel (Idiom) | |
| carina | |
| Keele (family name) |
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