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kvell

[kvel]

verb (used without object) Slang.

to be extraordinarily pleased; especially, to be bursting with pride, as over one's family.

Origin:
1965–70, Americanism; < Yiddish kveln be delighted; compare Middle High German, German quellen well up, gush

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kvell (kvɛl)

—vb
	informal chiefly (US) (intr) to be happy or show satisfaction

[C20: from Yiddish kveln to well up]

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