(chiefly, AAVE, dialectal) Swollen, enlarged.
(chiefly, AAVE, dialectal) Swollen, enlarged.
Well, we git him into the cook-car between us, and git him stretched out on the table and some water on him. He's kind of a sorry sight what with the black eye and swole lip he got earlier in the evenin' and now a lump on his head the si…
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“It's important to take a break here and there while the moo is getting swole.”
“"There are FOUR MORE REPS!" - Jean-Lift Picard Swole Trek, 'Tren of Command'”
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“08. [↑](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Swole#cite_ref-8)Currier, Joseph (August 20, 2019). ["Big Swole and Sadie Gibbs added to AEW Casino Battle Royale"](https://www.f4wonline.com/aew-news/big-swole-and-sadie-gibbs-added-aew-casino-battle-royale-290571). [F4Wonline.com](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F4Wonline.com "F4Wonline.com").”
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(AAVE, Southern US, also in other English varieties in the simple past tense until early 20th c.) : swelled; swollen.
His arm just swole up.
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