Definition of Keel over

1. Verb. Turn over and fall. "These cars won't keel over "; "The man had a heart attack and keeled over"

Generic synonyms: Topple, Tumble

Definition of Keel over

1. Verb. (intransitive nautical) Of a vessel: to roll so far on its side that it cannot recover; to capsize. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive idiomatic) To collapse in a faint; to black out; to die. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Keel Over

keds
keech
keeches
keef
keefs
keeho
keek
keeked
keeker
keekers
keeking
keeks
keel
keel arch
keel haul
keel over (current term)
keelage
keelages
keelboat
keelboats
keeled
keeled chest
keeled garlic
keeled over
keeler
keelers
keelhale
keelhaled
keelhales
keelhaling

Literary usage of Keel over

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded by John Russell Bartlett (1860)
"To keel over. A nautical phrase, meaning to capsize or upset, ... keel over they must, and a gradual careen would be much better than a sudden capsize. ..."

2. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"... might have accomplished the voyage.—Daily Morning Herald, St. Louis, June 23. keel over, Keel up. To upset, to kill. ..."

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