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whummel

whummel is the alternative form 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 whummel

Verb
third-person singular presentwhummels
present participle USwhummeling
present participle UKwhummelling
past participle USwhummeled
past USwhummeled
past participle UKwhummelled
past UKwhummelled
Noun
pluralwhummels

Questions about whummel

What is whummel the alternative form of?
Whummel is the alternative form of whemmel.

Words near whummel in the dictionary

  1. whuffly
  2. whuffo
  3. whuffos
  4. whuffs
  5. whuh
  6. whummel
  7. whummeled
  8. whummeling
  9. whummelled
  10. whummelling
  11. whummels

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Adapted from Wiktionary: whummel (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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