swellin'

Noun

swelling (countable and uncountable, plural swellings)

1. The state of being swollen.
   • Ne take noon hede to brynge togidere þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate, til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge; & þanne brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be...a1420, The British Museum Additional MS, 12,056, “Wounds complicated by the Dislocation of a Bone”, in Robert von Fleischhacker, editor, Lanfranc's "Science of cirurgie.", London: K. Paul, Trench...

   Synonyms:

   ectasia, ectasis, turgescence, bloatedness, bloating, distension, intumescence, inturgescence, nodosity, swollenness

2. Anything swollen, especially any abnormally swollen part of the body.

   Synonyms:

   incrassation, inturgescence

3. (figuratively) A rising, as of passion or anger.