whemmel

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English

Etymology

A frequentative form of whelm equivalent to whelm +‎ -le, or formed from that word by metathesis.[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

whemmel (third-person singular simple present whemmels, present participle whemmeling or whemmeling, simple past and past participle whemmeled or whemmeled)

  1. (British dialectal, Scotland, transitive) To engulf, to submerge.
    Synonym: whelm
  2. (British dialectal, Scotland, transitive) To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it.
    Synonym: whelm
  3. (British dialectal, Scotland, transitive) To turn (something) upside down, to invert; to capsize, to overturn; (specifically) to drink a glass (of an alcoholic beverage) completely.
  4. (British dialectal, Scotland, transitive, figuratively) To confound, to disrupt.
  5. (British dialectal, Scotland, intransitive) To capsize; to walk clumsily; to fall over.

Noun

whemmel (plural whemmels)

  1. An overthrow, an overturn.

Alternative forms

References

  1. ^ “whemmel, v.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1923.

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