warple

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English

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Etymology

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From warp +‎ -le.

Verb

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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.

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