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whamble

whamble is the alternative spelling of whemmel.

Meaning of whemmel

Verb

whemmel (third-person singular simple present whemmels, present participle (US) whemmeling or (UK) whemmelling, simple past and past participle (US) whemmeled or (UK) whemmelled)

  1. (Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) To engulf, to submerge.
    Synonyms:
    whelm
  2. (Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) To throw (something) over a thing so as to cover it.
    Synonyms:
    whelm
  3. (Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) To turn (something) upside down, to invert; to capsize, to overturn; (specifically) to drink a glass (of an alcoholic beverage) completely.
  4. (Scotland, UK, dialectal, figuratively, transitive) To confound, to disrupt.
  5. (Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive) To capsize; to walk clumsily; to fall over.

See all 6 meanings of whemmel

Forms of whamble

Verb
third-person singular presentwhambles
present participlewhambling
past participlewhambled
pastwhambled
Noun
pluralwhambles

Questions about whamble

What is whamble the alternative spelling of?
Whamble is the alternative spelling of whemmel.

Words near whamble in the dictionary

  1. wham
  2. wham bam thank you ma'am
  3. wham, bam, thank you ma'am
  4. wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am
  5. Whamageddon
  6. whamble
  7. whambled
  8. whambles
  9. whambling
  10. whambulance
  11. whame

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: whamble (page history and authors); whemmel (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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