"devvel" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: devvels [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} devvel (plural devvels)
  1. (Scotland) A hard blow. Tags: Scotland
    Sense id: en-devvel-en-noun-A3PZ3-UW Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 43 26 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: devel

Verb

Forms: devvels [present, singular, third-person], devvelling [participle, present], devvelled [participle, past], devvelled [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} devvel (third-person singular simple present devvels, present participle devvelling, simple past and past participle devvelled)
  1. (transitive, Scotland) To hit (something) hard. Tags: Scotland, transitive
    Sense id: en-devvel-en-verb-854XxyZ6 Categories (other): Scottish English
  2. (transitive, Scotland) To stun (someone) by hitting. Tags: Scotland, transitive
    Sense id: en-devvel-en-verb-L7dShULS Categories (other): Scottish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: devel

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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