Meanings of spool up in English

In April 2015, Patrick helped his colleagues spool up a two-inch, 1,500-pound-per-square-inch pressure-rated hose with 30lb fittings on either end.

We'll keep her spooled up for a quick exfil, don't worry.

The drives were spooled up and committed to jump now.

Spooling up burst units for a series of break-angle turns.

Deciding to start with the newspaper's most recent editions, I spooled up the first reel.

Anyway, just to be on the safe side I'm spooling up to full operational readiness.

"Waaaaait," Hopkins said, dragging the word out while his brain spooled up.

"Come on, spool up." The blue glow grew brighter and the hum began to waver.

"Stand clear," he shouted, and he closed the door and the engines began to spool up.

He tossed me the handcuff keys, then quickly boarded the tiltrotor, which spooled up to full power, lifted into the hover and sped away.