"whemmel" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈ(h)wɛm(ə)l/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Forms: whemmels [plural]
Etymology: A frequentative form of whelm equivalent to whelm + -le, or formed from that word by metathesis. Etymology templates: {{glossary|frequentative}} frequentative, {{m|en|whelm}} whelm, {{suffix|en|whelm|le}} whelm + -le, {{glossary|metathesis}} metathesis Head templates: {{en-noun}} whemmel (plural whemmels)
  1. An overthrow, an overturn. Synonyms: whammel, whammle, whemmle, whomble, whommle, whummel, whummle
    Sense id: en-whemmel-en-noun-8acFdWK8

Verb

IPA: /ˈ(h)wɛm(ə)l/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Forms: whemmels [present, singular, third-person], whemmeling [participle, present], whemmeled [participle, past], whemmeled [past]
Etymology: A frequentative form of whelm equivalent to whelm + -le, or formed from that word by metathesis. Etymology templates: {{glossary|frequentative}} frequentative, {{m|en|whelm}} whelm, {{suffix|en|whelm|le}} whelm + -le, {{glossary|metathesis}} metathesis Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=whemmeled|pres_ptc2=whemmeling}} whemmel (third-person singular simple present whemmels, present participle whemmeling or whemmeling, simple past and past participle whemmeled or whemmeled)
  1. (Britain dialectal, Scotland, transitive) To engulf, to submerge. Tags: Britain, Scotland, dialectal, transitive Synonyms: whelm
    Sense id: en-whemmel-en-verb-Nudz2bNT Categories (other): British English, Scottish English
  2. (Britain dialectal, Scotland, transitive) To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it. Tags: Britain, Scotland, dialectal, transitive Synonyms: whelm
    Sense id: en-whemmel-en-verb-JahQfIMo Categories (other): British English, Scottish English
  3. (Britain dialectal, Scotland, transitive) To turn (something) upside down, to invert; to capsize, to overturn; (specifically) to drink a glass (of an alcoholic beverage) completely. Tags: Britain, Scotland, dialectal, transitive
    Sense id: en-whemmel-en-verb-n3cvw-fR Categories (other): British English, Scottish English
  4. (Britain dialectal, Scotland, transitive, figuratively) To confound, to disrupt. Tags: Britain, Scotland, dialectal, figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-whemmel-en-verb-pjFkwcfz Categories (other): British English, Scottish English
  5. (Britain dialectal, Scotland, intransitive) To capsize; to walk clumsily; to fall over. Tags: Britain, Scotland, dialectal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-whemmel-en-verb-fiTN64Z7 Categories (other): British English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -le Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 15 19 18 32 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 17 15 19 18 29 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -le: 6 17 15 16 17 30

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