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warple

warple verb: to intertwine; twist; entangle.

Verb

warple (third-person singular simple present warples, present participle warpling, simple past and past participle warpled)

  1. (UK, dialectal, transitive) To intertwine; twist; entangle.
  2. (UK, dialectal, figuratively, transitive) To confuse.
  3. (UK, dialectal, transitive) To twist or wind around.
  4. (Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) To wrestle; tumble; wriggle.
  5. (UK, dialectal, intransitive) To stagger; go in a zig-zag course; move with difficulty; struggle through.

Forms of warple

third-person singular presentwarples
present participlewarpling
past participlewarpled
pastwarpled
alternative formwarpel

Origin of warple

From warp + -le.

Questions about warple

What does warple mean?
Warple means to intertwine; twist; entangle.
What part of speech is warple?
Warple is a verb.
What is the past tense of warple?
The past tense of warple is warpled.

Words near warple in the dictionary

  1. warpings
  2. warpland
  3. warplands
  4. warplane
  5. warplanes
  6. warple
  7. warpless
  8. warplike
  9. warpower
  10. warprofiteer
  11. warprofiteers

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