joll

verb — 2 senses

joll

verb

UK /dʒəʊl/ · US /dʒoʊl/

Etymology From Middle English jollen, (also chollen), perhaps from Middle English jolle (“head”), itself a blend of Middle English cholle (“throat, gullet”) and jawle, a variant of Middle English chavel (“jaw”).

Dialectal To bump, knock; push.

UK, Dialectal To walk clumsily; stagger; lurch.

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.