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whomble

whomble 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 whomble

Verb
third-person singular presentwhombles
present participlewhombling
past participlewhombled
pastwhombled
Noun
pluralwhombles

Questions about whomble

What is whomble the alternative spelling of?
Whomble is the alternative spelling of whemmel.

Words near whomble in the dictionary

  1. whom're
  2. whom's
  3. whom've
  4. whom-batt
  5. whoman
  6. whomble
  7. whombled
  8. whombles
  9. whombling
  10. whome
  11. whomen

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Adapted from Wiktionary: whomble (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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