"wamble-cropped" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈwɒmb(ə)lˌkɹɒpt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈwɑmb(ə)lˌkɹɑpt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wamble-cropped.wav Forms: more wamble-cropped [comparative], most wamble-cropped [superlative], wamble-cropt [alternative], womblety-cropped [alternative]
Etymology: From wamble (“uneasiness in the stomach; nausea”) + crop (“(Britain, dialectal, especially Scotland) stomach”) + -ed (suffix forming possessional adjectives). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|wamble|crop|notext=1|t1=uneasiness in the stomach; nausea|t2=(Britain, dialectal, especially Scotland) stomach|type=endocentric}} wamble (“uneasiness in the stomach; nausea”) + crop (“(Britain, dialectal, especially Scotland) stomach”), {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{glossary|possessional adjective}} possessional adjective, {{affix|en|-ed|id1=having|pos1=suffix forming possessional adjectives}} -ed (suffix forming possessional adjectives) Head templates: {{en-adj}} wamble-cropped (comparative more wamble-cropped, superlative most wamble-cropped), {{term-label|en|archaic|except|US|humorous|informal}} (archaic except US, humorous, informal)
  1. Nauseated; also, feeling sick or unsettled in the stomach. Synonyms: crapulous, nauseated Translations (feeling sick or unsettled in the stomach): vatsa sekaisin [phrase] (Finnish)
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  2. (figurative) Feeling uneasy; anxious, worried. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-wamble-cropped-en-adj-4C9bhjAn Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of American English: 52 48 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: wamble, wambly [Britain, dialectal]
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