whemmeln.
/ˈwɛm(ə)l/, /ˈhwɛm(ə)l/, U.S. /ˈ(h)wɛm(ə)l/, Scottish English /ˈhwɛm(ə)l/ Scottish and dialect.
An overturn, upset, overthrow; a state of confusion.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > [noun] > capsizing or upset
overthrowingc1330
subversiona1382
whelmingc1440
overseta1658
overturn1789
upset1804
capsize1807
whemmel1817
upsetting1819
purl1825
bouleversement1877
capsizal1881
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [noun] > inversion of natural order or total disorder > upset or overturn
walter1563
overturnc1592
renversinga1614
bouleversation1667
versation1716
bouleversement1814
whemmel1817
upset1866
upsettal1890
upsetment1893
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > [noun] > a state of confused disorder
feery-fary1535
puddle1587
bauchle1600
vertigo1702
whemmel1817
mull1821
mix-up1841
scrimmage1852
embroilment1856
hash-up1860
brangle1865
mucker1867
unplight1876
car wreck1877
mix1882
mess-up1902
stirabout1905
pot mess1914
boorach1928
balls-up1929
muck-up1930
balls1938
box1941
Chinese fire drill1943
snafu1943
foul-up1944
screw-up1950
snarl-up1960
tiswas1960
bumble-bath1965
clusterfuck1969
headfuck1983
car crash1992
katogo1994
dumpster fire2008
1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. ix. 194 Nae doubt, nay doubt—ay, ay—it's an awfu' whummle—and for ane that held his head sae high too.
1822 J. Galt Sir Andrew Wylie III. xxxiv. 293 The chaise made a clean whamle, and the Laird was lowermost.
1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd I. iii. v. 215 Many a joint-dislocking jolt, and almost headlong whamle.
1887 D. Donaldson Jamieson's Sc. Dict. Suppl. Quhemle..a rock, toss; a rocking, tossing.
1895 S. R. Crockett Men of Moss-hags xlviii His horse also fell from rock to rock, and among a great whammel of stones, reached the bottom of the defile.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
whemmelv.
/ˈwɛm(ə)l/, /ˈhwɛm(ə)l/, U.S. /ˈ(h)wɛm(ə)l/, Scottish English /ˈhwɛm(ə)l/ Scottish and dialect.
1.
a. transitive. To turn upside down; to overturn, capsize; to drink off (liquor) to the bottom; also transferred and figurative to upset, throw into confusion.
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the world > space > relative position > inversion > invert [verb (transitive)]
to-wendc893
whelvec1000
to turn down?c1335
to turn up?c1335
whelmc1340
overturna1382
to turn overa1400
wholve14..
inverse?a1425
reverse?a1425
overwhelvec1450
overvolvea1522
transverse1557
evert1566
topsy-turn1573
topsy-turve1603
invert1610
upturn1610
whave1611
topsy-turvy1626
whemmel1684
cant1850
upend1868
flip-flop1924
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [verb (transitive)] > throw into utter disorder or upset
to-turna1382
everse?a1425
over-terve?a1425
bestourn1484
renverse1521
transverse1557
evert1566
walter1571
topsy-turn1573
topsy-turve1603
topsy-turvy1626
bouleverse1673
whemmel1721
reverse1768
upset1818
to knock galley-west1875
topsy-turvify1886
topsy-turvyize1893
the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (transitive)] > drink intoxicating liquor > drink up or drain
quax1509
toom?a1513
quaff1534
to play off1598
upsy-friese1617
bumbaste1640
dust1673
fuddlec1680
whemmel1721
toota1774
buzz1785
kill1833
floor1837
lower1920
slam1982
c1540 J. Bellenden in tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. sig. Fiiij And schyll Triton with his wyndy horne Ouir quhemlit all the flowand occean.
1684 G. Meriton York-shire Dial. 47 I whemmeld Dubler owr'th Meat, To keep it seaf and warm for you to Eat.
1718 A. Ramsay Christ's-kirk on Green ii. 20 On whomelt Tubs lay twa lang Dails.
1721 A. Ramsay Prospect of Plenty 196 Healthfou hearts shall own their honest flame, With reaming quaff, and whomelt to her name.
1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. xi. 228 I think I see the coble whomled keel up.
1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. xii. 268 He took the curb-stane, and he's whomled her as I wad whomle a toom bicker.
c1850 Denham Tracts (1895) II. 31 Put into a wheelbarrow and whemmeled over upon the muck-midden.
1883 Trans. Amer. Philol. Soc. 55 Whommle, ‘to turn a trough, or any vessel, bottom upwards, so that it will drain well’; used in West Virginia.
b. To cover (something) by turning a vessel, etc. upside down over it.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > cover [verb (transitive)] > by turning something upside down over
whelma1475
whemmel1790
1790 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (ed. 2) Whemble, to cover with a bowl.
1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. at Whommled To be whommled beneath a bushel.
1855 J. D. Burn Autobiogr. Beggar Boy iv. 57 I was, like the turkey, whomalled under a tub.
2. To submerge in or as in a flood; to drown.
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the world > life > death > cause of death > cause death [verb (transitive)] > by drowning
fordrencha1225
founderc1400
whemmel1567
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > be sorry or grieved at [verb (transitive)] > submerge in sorrow
whemmel1567
the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being submerged or action of submerging > submerge [verb (transitive)] > in or as in a flood
whemmel1567
bedrown1608
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > dip or plunge into liquid > cause to sink in a liquid
senchOE
asenchOE
sinkc1175
drenchc1200
adrenchc1300
drenklea1325
submerse?a1425
drownc1465
submerge1490
sommerse1632
whelm1725
whemmel1824
1567 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. iv. 51 Quhomlit in sorow and plungeit in cair.
1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. at Whommled ‘To be whommled by a wave,’ to be whelmed in the deep.
3. intransitive. To tumble over, capsize; also, to move unsteadily, stumble about.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > unsteadily
wiggle?c1225
walter1399
falterc1400
stammerc1400
dotterc1475
stavera1500
stumblea1500
reel1529
scamblec1571
halper1596
totter1602
folder1607
wamble1611
to make a Virginia fence1671
wandle1686
fribble1709
rock1718
stoit1719
stoiter1724
swagger1724
doddle1761
stotter1781
toit1786
doiter1793
stot1801
dodder1819
twaddle1823
teeter1844
shoggle1884
welter1884
warple1887
whemmel1895
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > topple over
welt13..
tiltc1390
overfalla1400
waltc1400
tirvec1425
top over tervea1450
overtumble1487
overwelta1522
to fall over1541
top1545
topple1600
tramble1609
tope1796
tottle1830
overtopple1855
whemmel1895
pitch-pole1896
1895 S. R. Crockett Men of Moss-hags xxiii The deil whummelt on his hearthstane!
1897 S. R. Crockett Lads' Love iii. 33 When..your hoggs [are] whammelin' in the black hags by the score!
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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