noun
Meaning 1
An overthrow, an overturn.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
whemmel
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈ(h)wɛm(ə)l/
verb
Meaning 2
To engulf, to submerge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive
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Synonyms: whelm
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verb
Meaning 3
To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive
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verb
Meaning 4
To turn (something) upside down, to invert; to capsize, to overturn; (specifically) to drink a glass (of an alcoholic beverage) completely.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive
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verb
Meaning 5
To confound, to disrupt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, UK, dialectal, figuratively, transitive
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verb
Meaning 6
To capsize; to walk clumsily; to fall over.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive
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History
Etymology
A frequentative form of whelm equivalent to whelm + -le, or formed from that word by metathesis.