swole

[ swohl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, Slang.

(especially of a man) very muscular: He is showing off some pretty swole arms.
If you’re looking to get swole, I can show you a great workout.
He is showing off some pretty swole arms.

, Dialect.

a past participle and simple past tense of swell:
My jaw swole up and I couldn’t chew right for a week.

Origin of swole¹

First recorded in 1995–2000 swole fordef 1

How does swole compare to similar and commonly confused words? Explore the most common comparisons:

Lifting weights can often seem reserved for the fittest among us, those muscle-laden guys and gals pumping iron and getting swole on a daily basis.

You don’t have to have dreams of getting totally swole to make a commitment to working out worthwhile.

An' night befo' las' it was lookin' mighty angry an' swole, an' he had limped an' "ouched!"

"A damn ornery little cook who's got his head swole," muttered Joe.

Which, if yer please, miss, my tornsuls is swole most awful.

So also, perhaps, in swole, which is fast displacing swelled.

"He said his eye was swole worse 'an mine oncet," cried Daniel.

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