What is the meaning of SWELL UP. Phrases containing SWELL UP
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Adv. A general intensifier, very, extremely, definitely. E.g."I'm well upset about United losing in the cup."
Very. "He's well rich"
a rest (if you are too tired take a spell)
Sell is slang for a hoax or cheat.
Well is British slang for very.
Dwell up is British slang for to stop, to wait.
Skell is American slang for a homeless person, particularly a homeless New Yorker living in the subway system.
- Well can be used to accentuate other words. for example someone might be "well hard" to mean he is a real man, as opposed to just "hard". Something really good might be "well good". Or if you were really really pleased with something you might be "well chuffed". Grammatically it's appalling but people say it anyway.
Spell is old slang for a theatre.
In Swell Street is British slang for wealthy.
Present a fine figure. "He sure is cutting a swell with the ladies."
Swell is slang for excellent; first−class.Swell is British slang for a well−off single woman.
Well can be used to accentuate other words. for example someone might be "well hard" to mean he is a real man, as opposed to just "hard". Something really good might be "well good". Or if you were really really pleased with something you might be "well chuffed". Grammatically it's appalling but people say it anyway.
Shell is American slang for a dollar.Shell is American slang for a beer, a beercan.
Swill is British slang for beer.
Said when proving an error in anothers claim. In some areas the expression was extended to "shell on your shack".
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v. i.
To become larger in amount; as, many little debts added, swell to a great amount.
v. i.
To be puffed up or bloated; as, to swell with pride.
n.
A wave, or billow; especially, a succession of large waves; the roll of the sea after a storm; as, a heavy swell sets into the harbor.
v. t.
To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm.
n.
A gradual ascent, or rounded elevation, of land; as, an extensive plain abounding with little swells.
v. t.
To throw shells or bombs upon or into; to bombard; as, to shell a town.
v. i.
To protuberate; to bulge out; as, a cask swells in the middle.
v. i.
To fall off, as a shell, crust, etc.
v. i.
To cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk; as, nuts shell in falling.
v. i.
To increase in size or extent by any addition; to increase in volume or force; as, a river swells, and overflows its banks; sounds swell or diminish.
v. t.
To strip or break off the shell of; to take out of the shell, pod, etc.; as, to shell nuts or pease; to shell oysters.
v. i.
To rise or be driven into waves or billows; to heave; as, in tempest, the ocean swells into waves.
v. i.
To be inflated; to belly; as, the sails swell.
a.
Having the characteristics of a person of rank and importance; showy; dandified; distinguished; as, a swell person; a swell neighborhood.
v. t.
To increase the size, bulk, or dimensions of; to cause to rise, dilate, or increase; as, rains and dissolving snow swell the rivers in spring; immigration swells the population.
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Having no shell.
n.
Any pteropod shell.
v. i.
To grow larger; to dilate or extend the exterior surface or dimensions, by matter added within, or by expansion of the inclosed substance; as, the legs swell in dropsy; a bruised part swells; a bladder swells by inflation.
v. i.
To exercise the sense of smell.
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