Meaning

(British dialectal, Scotland, transitive) To engulf, to submerge..

Definitions by Sense

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

Word Forms

• whemmels
• whemmeling
• whemmelling
• whemmeled
• whemmelled
• whammel
• whammle
• whemmle
• whomble
• whommle
• whummel
• whummle

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