Coll

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kÉ’l/

Origin

From French coler, acoler ‘accoll, throw arms round neck of’, ultimately Latin ad + collum ‘neck’.

Full definition of coll

Verb

1. to hug or embrace.
• 1995: They kissed and colled in parks and fields and, better, a
  Warm bed, her own. — Anthony Burgess, Byrne