Stelled vs Skelled - What's the difference?
stelled | skelled |
(stell)
(dialectal, or, obsolete) Firmly placed or fixed.
(obsolete) Starry.
(skell)
(slang, US, New York) a homeless person, especially one who sleeps in the New York subway.
:Did you see those two skells lying in the doorway?
(slang, US, New York) (informal police jargon) A male suspicious person or crime suspect, especially a street person such as a drug dealer, pimp or panhandler. (Compare scumbag.) Popularized on the American TV police drama NYPD Blue .
(slang) To fall off or fall over
skel]
*Dictionary of American Regional English , by Joan Houston Hall, 2002[http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/dare/DYSADARE.html]
As an adjective stelled
is past tense of stell.As a verb skelled is
past tense of skell.stelled
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Adjective
(en adjective)skelled
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Verb
(head)skell
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Alternative forms
*skelNoun
(en noun)Synonyms
* See alsoVerb
(skell)- She went skelling over on the ice.