different between cockle vs cackle

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?kl?/
• Rhymes: -?k?l

Etymology 1

From Middle English cokel, cokkel, kokkel, cocle, of uncertain origin. Perhaps a diminutive of Middle English cokke, cok (“cockle”), from Old English cocc (found in s?cocc (“cockle”)) +? -le; or perhaps from Old French coquille, from Vulgar Latin *cocchilia, from conchylia, from Ancient Greek ????????? (konkhúlion), diminutive of ??????? (konkhúl?, “mussel”), from Proto-Indo-European *konkho.

Noun

cockle (plural cockles)

1. Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells.
2. The shell of such a mollusk.
3. (in the plural) One’s innermost feelings (only in the expression “the cockles of one’s heart”).
4. (directly from French coquille) A wrinkle, pucker
5. (by extension) A defect in sheepskin; firm dark nodules caused by the bites of keds on live sheep
6. (mining, Britain, Cornwall) The mineral black tourmaline or schorl.
7. (Britain) The fire chamber of a furnace.

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8. (Britain) A kiln for drying hops; an oast.

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9. (Britain) The dome of a heating furnace.

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Derived terms

Translations

See also

• scallop

Verb

cockle (third-person singular simple present cockles, present participle cockling, simple past and past participle cockled)

1. To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting; to pucker.

Etymology 2

Wikispecies

Wikispecies From Middle English cockil, cokil, cokylle, from Old English coccel (“darnel”), of unknown origin, perhaps from a diminutive of Latin coccus (“berry”).

Noun

cockle (plural cockles)

1. Any of several field weeds, such as the common corncockle (Agrostemma githago) and darnel ryegrass (Lolium temulentum).
   • 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, X:

     But cockle, spurge, according to their law / Might propagate their kind, with none to awe, / You'd think; a burr had been a treasure trove.

Synonyms

• (Lolium temulentum): darnel, false wheat

Related terms

Translations

See also

• cheat
• ryegrass
• tare
• vetch

Etymology 3

Rhyming slang, from cock and hen for ten.

Noun

cockle (plural cockles)

1. (Cockney rhyming slang) A £10 note; a tenner.

References

Anagrams

• Elcock, clocke

English

Etymology

From Middle English caclen, cakelen. Compare Dutch kakelen (“to cackle”), German Low German kakeln (“to cackle”), German kakeln (“to blather”), Danish kagle (“to cackle”), Swedish kackla (“to cackle”). Compare also Old English cahhetan, ?eahhettan (“to laugh loudly; cackle”), German gackern (“to cackle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kæk?l/
• Rhymes: -æk?l

Noun

cackle (countable and uncountable, plural cackles)

1. The cry of a hen or goose, especially when laying an egg.
2. A laugh resembling the cry of a hen or goose.
3. Futile or excessively noisy talk.
   • 1930, Frank Richards, The Magnet, All Quiet on the Greyfriars Front

     There's no time to waste on silly cackle.

4. A group of hyenas.

Translations

Verb

cackle (third-person singular simple present cackles, present participle cackling, simple past and past participle cackled)

1. (intransitive) To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does.
2. (intransitive) To laugh with a broken sound similar to a hen's cry.

3. (intransitive) To talk in a silly manner; to prattle.

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4. (transitive, gambling, slang) To pretend to rattle (dice) in one's hand while gripping them so that they maintain their orientation.
   • 1941, Mignon Good Eberhart, The Third Mystery Book: Six Short Mysteries (page 120)

     Danny cackled the dice furiously in his cupped hand, then rolled them so they stopped inches from Slattery's hands. The result was the same as before - a seven.

   • 2015, Jack Engelhard, The Prince of Dice (page 11)

     […] they spun all right, or so it seemed, and hit the wall all right, or so it seemed, but bottom line was this: The stirring of the dice was merely cackling, the cubes artfully framed so that the spots in the kid's fists showed 4?4 up?right and weren't really rattled but rather, held in control by the pinky, forefinger and thumb; […]

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:laugh

Translations

See also

• cluck