whemmel

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 (US) whemmeling or (UK) whemmelling, simple past and past participle (US) whemmeled or (UK) whemmelled)

  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 ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1923.

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