Whelk

What do we mean by whelk?

An inflamed swelling, such as a pimple or pustule. noun

Any of various large marine carnivorous snails chiefly of the family Buccinidae, having a pointed spiral shell, especially the edible species Buccinum undatum of the North Atlantic Ocean. noun

A wheal; a pustule; a swelling or protuberance, as on the body. noun

A gastropod of the family Buccinidæ in a broad sense; a buccinid, or some similar univalve with a spiral gibbous shell whose aperture forms a kind of spout, and whose whorls are more or less varicose or whelked. noun

Any one numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to Buccinum and allied genera; especially, Buccinum undatum, common on the coasts both of Europe and North America, and much used as food in Europe. noun

A dog whelk. See under Dog. noun

A papule; a pustule; acne. noun

A stripe or mark; a ridge; a wale. noun

Sycosis. noun

Grog blossom. noun

An edible sea snail. Formally, any one of numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to Buccinum and allied genera, and much used as food in Europe. noun

Gather whelk verb

Large marine snail much used as food in Europe noun

Large carnivorous marine gastropods of coastal waters and intertidal regions having a strong snail-like shell noun

Certain edible sea snails, especially, any one of numerous species of large marine gastropods belonging to Buccinidae, much used as food in Europe.

A British slang term for pussy, also meaning fool or moron. Urban Dictionary

A fool, moron.. someone who is not to bright Urban Dictionary

Boys who can't kiss for shit. Generally slobber everywhere, including in their hair. He appears in angus thongs and perfect snogging as peter. Thinks he's god's gift to women. Beware of the whelk boy!! Urban Dictionary

Various water snails; sometimes edible Urban Dictionary

Not a common insult you hear but a very good one. Means a very annoying person who never knows when to shut up. Urban Dictionary

Synonym for “Whilst” or “While”. Used when a subject is mentioned abruptly. Urban Dictionary

A charming cad, who uses bullshit and innuendo creatively, with the intention of getting into a posh girl's panties. Urban Dictionary

A generally immature teenage boy who thinks he is everything and a bag of chips. When they do get action they fail because they leave snail trails and fill your mouth with saliva. They are very rude to everyone and often try to be aggressive. Urban Dictionary

When one has had too much of a good thing. Urban Dictionary

A person or persons known collectively as(whelk racers)who display signs of extreme stupidity. the term can also be used as a put down to call someone slow or boring. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to whelk:
whelk, whelp, whelm, welk, whilk, whele, woelk.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word whelk:
carica, wampum, mollusc, conch, gastropod, snail, siphon, lyre, predatory, mussel, mollusk, shells, beads, predation, snails, crabs, predator, shell, crab, edible, marine, mud, prey, true, egg, endemic, lightning, species, sea, dog, purple, family, gulf, atlantic, genus, coast, commonly, large, food, fort, produce, common, native, primarily, size, length, word.

Words that rhyme with whelk:
check, deck, tech, neck, trek, wreck, cheque, tec, spec, peck, bottleneck, fleck, sec, heck, parsec, speck, beck, tek, redneck, paycheck, lech, opec, reck, aztec, lek, dreck, keck, bedeck, czech, feck, biotech, dec, bec, symantec, rec, roughneck, nec, breakneck, apec, exec, rain check, geck, quebec, turtleneck, discotheque, sneck, henpeck, eck, treck, ek, in check, mech, seck, recheck, quarterdeck, antec, triple sec, pech, hightech, teck, yecch, leck, blech, ringneck, shek, steinbeck, weck, pain in the neck, poop deck, rech, breck, drecche, freck, lubeck, meck, steck, grecque, brubeck, flight deck, blank check, kotek, spelk, chek, bleck, crew neck, tape deck, sematech, bank check, vasotec, teaneck, dubcek, schreck, streck, schneck, sheck, stech, ameritech, health check, sun deck, adaptec.

Adjectives that are often used to describe whelk:
common, large, knobbed, channeled, channelled, red, handed, small, marine, female, little, dead, giant, white, edible, predatory, purple, mangrove, seashore, big, water, veined, shore, nassariid.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective whelk:
shell, shells, stall, undatum, lapillus, stalls, tingle, pots, fishery, nucella, predation, bait, buccinum, canaliculatum, kind, busycon, family, bullia, dicathais, cinerea, marginalba, fisheries, habitations, reds, pot, bags, eggs, beads.

Consonant match to whelk:
work, wake, walk, weak, whack, week, wick, wack, woke, wok, werk, whilk, wolk, weck, wouk, werke, wyk, wike, wacke, wyke, wik, weick, wikke, wicke, weich, walke, wieck, waack, weik.

Words that sound like whelk:
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