English Explanatory Dictionary

swole

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Swollen, enlarged.
  2. Of a person: having large, well-developed muscles; muscular.
  3. Of a person: erect; having an erection of the penis; sexually aroused, hard.
  4. Full (of something); bursting with.
  5. Extremely proud or arrogant.
  6. Upset; experiencing strong negative emotion.
verb
  1. simple past and past participle of swell: swelled; swollen.

Pronunciation

/swəʊl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-swole.wav /swoʊl/

Word forms

swole swoler swolest swoll

Etymology

From earlier swoll, from Middle English swal, swall, swalle (simple past tense), and suoll, suolle, swalle, swol, swole, swolle, iswolle, yswolle (past participle), inflected forms of swellen (“to swell”), from Old English sweall (simple past tense), from Proto-Germanic *swall, first and third person singular preterite of Proto-Germanic *swellaną (“to swell”); further origin uncertain.

Synonyms

on swole brawny buff able-bodied athletic Atlantean beefy beefed out brolic built built like a brick shithouse built like a tank buirdly burly Cyclopean deep-rooted dench diced fit gigantic Herculean hale hearty hench husky in shape jacked lusty like a giant refreshed made of iron muscular muscled muscleful ripped rugged sculpted sinewy strapping strong as a lion strong as a horse strong as an ox strong as brandy swole toned virile well-built well-fed well-knit wiry erect bricked up

Related words

swollen

Derived words

have one's pockets on swole swolemate swoleness
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