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kvell.

To feel delighted and proud; to boast; to gloat.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/kvɛl/UK, US
  1. To feel delighted and proud; to boast; to gloat.

    US · intransitive · slang
Where this word comes from

From Yiddish קוועלן (kveln), from Middle High German quellen, from Old High German quellan, from Proto-West Germanic *kwellan. Cognate with German quellen and English quell (“source, spring”).

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