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swell
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swell:
see
wave
, in oceanography.
The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia Copyright © 2004.
Licensed from Columbia University Press
Swell
Swell
could refer to:
Swell (ocean)
, a formation of long wavelength ocean surface waves
Swell (band)
, an indie rock band from San Francisco
Swell, Gloucestershire
, England
Swell (bookbinding)
, a term in bookbinding
Swellshark
, a catshark
Swell Foop
, a book by Piers Anthony
Swell Maps
, an experimental English rock group of the 1970s
Expression pedal
, a control found on many organs and synthesizers, also called a Swell box or Swell pedal
Another word for a
fop
,
dandy
,
popinjay
, or
maccaroni (fashion)
a slang term for "good", "cool", or "nifty".
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