(transitive, intransitive) To hug or embrace.

A medieval English short form of the male given name Nicholas; very rare today. / A surname originating as a patronymic. / An island of the Inner Hebrides in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland.

Abbreviation of colloquial.

(law) Abbreviation of college.

The act of colling; hugging or embracing.

present participle of coll.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coll

simple past tense and past participle of coll

Having the power of conferring. / (ecclesiastical, of a benefice) In which the ordinary (or bishop) is the same person as the patron.

A surname originating as a patronymic.