swole

American  

[swohl] / swoʊl /

adjective

Slang.

1. (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.

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verb

Dialect.

1. a past participle and simple past tense of swell.

   My jaw swole up and I couldn’t chew right for a week.

Etymology

Origin of swole

First recorded in 1995–2000 swole for def. 1

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Example Sentences

The swole numbers all help build Hurts’ MVP bid.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2022

Stallone’s characters were often easy to caricature, punchy and inarticulate, and a long string of swole sequels and critical flops didn’t help.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2022

From a distance, this current breed of curler may not appear strikingly swole.

From Washington Post • Feb. 16, 2022

Maybe you recall this diva Nicki Minaj churning up some noise back in September about me gettin' swole in a bad way, as an excuse to refuse The Met Gala's vaccination requirement.

From Salon • Dec. 31, 2021

His eyes were blood red and swole up and crusted so’s you’d’ve thought he’d had a good, long, hard cry.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis