spooled up
Wrapped around cylinder
Spooled up describes an engine or turbine that has reached operating speed, from the literal winding of material onto a spool.
Jet engines spool up as their turbines accelerate to full power.
Figuratively, someone who is spooled up is energized, prepared, or worked up: The team was spooled up and ready for the mission.
The opposite is spooling down—decelerating or calming.
- coilWound circular arrangement
- preparednessState of being equipped
- on standbyPrepared for immediate deployment
- all systems goComplete operational preparedness
- buildupGradual accumulation over time
momentum · wind · ramp-up · intensity · reel · winding up · acceleration · at full speed · firing on all cylinders · readiness · activation · cordage · primed · ready to go · focus · turbine · thread · jet engine
spooled upwound down
Gradually reduced activity
idling · shut down · powered down · spinning down · decelerating
spooled upwound down
Gradually reduced activity
calmed down · relaxed · chilled out · settled down · mellowed