How do you pronounce swell up?
Is the H silent in huge?
When people do it, they aren’t just randomly or lazily leaving off a sound. This “h“-dropping occurs in a specific environment—only in words that start with a “hyu.” If they drop it in huge, they also drop it in humor, humid, humiliation, humongous, and Hugh.
What means swell?
1a : to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit the population swelled. b : to become distended or puffed up her ankle is badly swollen. c : to form a bulge or rounded elevation.