different between swole vs wole

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sw??l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /swo?l/
• Rhymes: -??l

Etymology

From earlier swoll, from Middle English swal, swall, swalle (simple past tense), and suoll, suolle, swalle, swol, swole, swolle, iswolle, yswolle (past participle), inflected forms of swellen (“to swell”), from Old English sweall (simple past tense), from Proto-Germanic *swall, first and third person singular preterite of Proto-Germanic *swellan? (“to swell”); further origin uncertain.

Verb

swole

1. (African-American Vernacular, Southern US, also in other English varieties in the simple past tense until early 20th c.) simple past tense and past participle of swell: swelled; swollen.

Alternative forms

• swoll

Adjective

swole (comparative more swole, superlative most swole)

1. (chiefly African-American Vernacular, slang) Having large, well-developed muscles; muscular.

   Synonyms: brawny, built, buff, buffed, buffed out
2. (slang) Of the penis: erect; of a person: with an erection of the penis; sexually aroused, hard.
3. (slang) Followed by up: upset; experiencing strong negative emotion.

Alternative forms

• swoll

Derived terms

• have one's pockets on swole
• swoleness

Related terms

• swollen

Translations

References

Further reading

• “swole, adj.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• Sowle, lowes, sowle

English

Adjective

wole (comparative more wole, superlative most wole)

1. Obsolete spelling of whole

Anagrams

• Loew, Lowe, lowe, owel

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??l?]

Noun

wole

1. locative singular of wo?

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?.l?/
• Homophone: wol?

Etymology 1

Noun

wole n

1. crop, craw (part of bird's alimentary tract)
2. goitre (enlargement of the thyroid gland)

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

wole f

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of wola

Noun

wole m

1. locative/vocative singular of wó?

Adjective

wole

1. inflection of woli:
   1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
   2. nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Further reading

• wole in Polish dictionaries at PWN