Swore vs Swole - What's the difference?
swore | swole |
(swear)
To take an oath.
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*:The Bat—they called him the Bat.. He'd never been in stir, the bulls had never mugged him, he didn't run with a mob, he played a lone hand, and fenced his stuff so that even the fence couldn't swear he knew his face.
(lb) To use offensive language.
Heavy.
Top-heavy; too high.
Dull; heavy; lazy; slow; reluctant; unwilling.
Niggardly.
A lazy time; a short rest during working hours (especially field labour); a siesta.
(US South, AAVE) (swell)
Pertaining to men showboating themselves in front of one another, sometimes before a fight.
(slang) Having large, well-developed muscles.
(slang) Having an erect penis
(slang, of the penis) erect
As verbs the difference between swore and swole
is that swore is (swear) while swole is (us south|aave) (swell).As an adjective swole is
pertaining to men showboating themselves in front of one another, sometimes before a fight.swore
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
*swear
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) sweren, swerien, from (etyl) through Proto-Indo-European.Verb
Synonyms
* See alsoUsage notes
* In sense 1, this is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive . SeeSynonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* swear by * swear like a trooper * swear on a stack of Bibles * swear out * swear to God * swear wordEtymology 2
From the above verb, or from (etyl) sware, from (etyl) swaru, from (etyl) .Etymology 3
From (etyl) swer, swar, from (etyl) .Alternative forms
* (l), (l), (l)Adjective
(en-adj)Derived terms
* (l) * (l) * (l)swole
English
Alternative forms
* swollVerb
(head)- I ate until my belly was swole .
- His arm just swoll up
Adjective
(en adjective)- The swole boy aggravated me, so I laid him out.
- Them titties got me swole.
- swole dick