swole

English

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Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /swoʊl/
  • Rhymes: -əʊl

Etymology 1

From earlier swoll, from Middle English swall, swal, from Old English sweall, from Proto-Germanic *swall, first and third person singular preterit of Proto-Germanic *swellaną (to swell).

Verb

swole

  1. (Southern US, African American Vernacular, used in other kinds of English in the simple past until the beginning of the 20th century) simple past tense and past participle of swell
    I ate until my belly had swole.
    His arm just swole up.

Etymology 2

Clipping of swollen.

Adjective

swole (comparative more swole, superlative most swole)

  1. Pertaining to men showboating themselves in front of one another, sometimes before a fight.
    The swole boy aggravated me, so I laid him out.
  2. (slang) Having large, well-developed muscles.
    I ain't swole, brah.
  3. (slang) Aroused; with an erection; (slang, of the penis) erect.
    Them titties got me swole.
    swole dick
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Noun

swole

  1. (prison slang) Synonym of spread (food improvised by inmates)

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