- 1[transitive] spool something + adv./prep. to wind something onto or off a spool
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- 2[transitive, intransitive] spool (something) (computing) to move data and store it for a short time, for example on a disk, especially before it is printed
spool
verbNAmE//spul//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they spool he / she / it spools
past simple spooled
-ing form spooling
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