warple

English

Alternative forms

• warpel

Etymology

From warp +‎ -le.

Verb

warple (third-person singular simple present warples, present participle warpling, simple past and past participle warpled)

1. (transitive, UK dialectal) To intertwine; twist; entangle.
2. (transitive, UK dialectal, figuratively) To confuse.
3. (transitive, UK dialectal) To twist or wind around.
4. (transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To wrestle; tumble; wriggle.
5. (intransitive, UK dialectal) To stagger; go in a zig-zag course; move with difficulty; struggle through.

See also

• wraple

Anagrams

• prelaw, wraple