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whummle

whummle 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 whummle

Verb
third-person singular presentwhummles
present participlewhummling
past participlewhummled
pastwhummled
Noun
pluralwhummles

Questions about whummle

What is whummle the alternative form of?
Whummle is the alternative form of whemmel.

Words near whummle in the dictionary

  1. whummeled
  2. whummeling
  3. whummelled
  4. whummelling
  5. whummels
  6. whummle
  7. whummled
  8. whummles
  9. whummling
  10. whump
  11. whumpage

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Adapted from Wiktionary: whummle (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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