different between whammel vs whemmel

English

Verb

whammel (third-person singular simple present whammels, present participle (UK) whammelling or (US) whammeling, simple past and past participle (UK) whammelled or (US) whammeled)

1. Alternative form of whemmel

Noun

whammel (plural whammels)

1. Alternative form of whemmel

English

Etymology

A frequentative form of whelm equivalent to whelm +? -le, or formed from that word by metathesis.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?(h)w?m(?)l/
• Hyphenation: whem?mel

Verb

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.

   Synonym: whelm

2. (Britain dialectal, Scotland, transitive) To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it.

   Synonym: whelm

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.
4. (Britain dialectal, Scotland, transitive, figuratively) To confound, to disrupt.
5. (Britain dialectal, Scotland, intransitive) To capsize; to walk clumsily; to fall over.

Noun

whemmel (plural whemmels)

1. An overthrow, an overturn.

Alternative forms

• whammel, whemmle, whomble, whommle, whummel, whummle

References

Anagrams

• whemmle