Phrase Hound found 22 phrases and 56 compound words that contain swell. The most common are listed below. Open swell in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 22
- ground swellAlternative form of groundswell: A broad undulation of the open ocean, often as the result of a distant disturbance.
- swell boxA box or chamber in an organ that contains the reeds or a set of pipes and has shutters that open or shut usually by means of a pedal in order to regulate the volume of musical tone.
- wind swellWaves generated by local winds.
- swell upTo become swollen
- swell organA section of a pipe organ in which the pipes are enclosed in a swell box
- volume swellA guitar technique in which a note or chord is played at a muted volume at first and is then faded in slowly.
- swell the ranksTo add significant numbers of members (to a group).
- knee swellSynonym of knee stop: A lever worked by the performer's knee, for regulating the air supply of a reed organ, etc.
- shrink-swellThe capacity of certain clay minerals to expand when wet and retract when dry.
- swell boxesplural of swell box: A box or chamber in an organ that contains the reeds or a set of pipes and has shutters that open or shut usually by means of a pedal in order to regulate the volume of musical tone.
- swell hellThe stubborn, prolonged swelling that lingers for months after major plastic surgeries like tummy tucks or liposuction.
- swell organsplural of swell organ: A section of a pipe organ in which the pipes are enclosed in a swell box
- swell outTo swell or bulge
- swell paperA heat-reactive paper designed to create raised, 3D tactile graphics.
- swell-headedOverly proud; egotistical.
- Venetian swellA swell organ with blinds patterned on Venetian blinds closing the swell box.
- one swell foopSpoonerism of one fell swoop.
- Swell StreetThe West End of London.
- swell mobWell-dressed thieves and swindlers, regarded collectively.
- swell mobsplural of swell mob: Well-dressed thieves and swindlers, regarded collectively.
- swell-mobsmanA thief who dresses well and tries to appear respectable.
- swell-mobsmenplural of swell-mobsman: A thief who dresses well and tries to appear respectable.
Compound words 56
- groundswellA broad undulation of the open ocean, often as the result of a distant disturbance.
- overswellTo swell or rise above (something, especially the rim of a container, the sides of something hollow, etc.).
- preswellTo cause to become engorged with fluid prior to some other operation.
- swellyTending to bulge or swell.
- reswellTo add liquid so as to cause a dried substance, such as a gel, to expand.
- swellsharkCephaloscyllium ventriosum, a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae.
- swellabilityQuality or degree of being swellable.
- swellegantBoth swell and elegant.
- swellishLike a swell or dandy; stylish.
- underswellAn undercurrent.