kiipeli — meaning in English

English meaning

• knot noun A fastening made by looping and tightening a piece of string, rope, or similar material.
• quagmire noun An area of soft, wet, boggy ground that traps anything that steps into it.
• strait noun A narrow stretch of water that connects two larger seas or bodies of water.

Senses

kiipeli is used for these senses in English:

• dire straits A difficult position.
• knot A difficult situation.
• quagmire (figuratively) A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle.
• strait (often, in the plural) A difficult position.

knot — full definition

1. noun A fastening made by looping and tightening a piece of string, rope, or similar material.
2. noun A hard, tight lump in a muscle, or a tangled clump of hair.
3. noun A unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour, used for ships and aircraft.
4. verb To tie something into a knot.

quagmire — full definition

1. noun An area of soft, wet, boggy ground that traps anything that steps into it.
2. noun A complicated, difficult situation that is hard to escape from.

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