swole
swole Lexical Profile
swole Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
(slang) Extremely muscular or physically buff, especially as a result of intensive weightlifting and exercise.
"After a year of dedicated strength training and strict nutrition, he looked noticeably swole."
(dialectal or informal) Swollen or enlarged in size.
"His ankle was still swole and tender three days after he twisted it on the trail."
• verb
To become larger, rounder, or more distended through pressure or fluid accumulation (archaic or dialectal past tense and past participle of swell).
"The mountain stream swole rapidly after three consecutive days of torrential spring rain."
Word Nuance & Usage
In modern usage, "swole" is primarily informal fitness slang for having large, well-developed muscles, whereas its historical use as the past tense or past participle of "swell" is now dialectal or archaic in standard English.
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Word Origin & Etymology
Originally an archaic and dialectal past tense and past participle of the Old English verb "swellan" (to swell), it was popularized in late 20th-century African American Vernacular English and bodybuilding culture to describe an impressively muscular physique.
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