different between rackle vs mackle
rackle
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??æ.k?l/
Etymology 1
From Middle English rakyl (“chain”), apparently related to Old Frisian rakels (“chain”), French racle ("the iron ring of a door") (from a Germanic source), and also Middle English rakente, from Old English racente (“chain, fetter”). More at rackan.
Alternative forms
- rakkill (Scotland)
Noun
rackle (countable and uncountable, plural rackles)
- (countable, Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A chain.
- (uncountable, Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Noisy talk.
Verb
rackle (third-person singular simple present rackles, present participle rackling, simple past and past participle rackled)
- (Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To talk noisily; rattle on.
Etymology 2
Origin uncertain. Probably from rack (“to drive; move; go forward rapidly”), alteration of Middle English reken (“to drive; move; tend”), from Old Norse reka, vreka (“to drive; drift; toss”) +? -le (“tending or prone to”). Related to Icelandic reka, Swedish vräka, Danish vrage, English wrack.
Adjective
rackle (comparative more rackle, superlative most rackle)
- Of a person: rash, impetuous, reckless
- Rough, crude
- Sturdy in old age
Anagrams
- Clarke, calker, lacker, recalk
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mackle
English
Etymology
From the earlier form macle, from macule, which see for more.
Noun
mackle (plural mackles)
- Obsolete form of macule.
Verb
mackle (third-person singular simple present mackles, present participle mackling, simple past and past participle mackled)
- Obsolete form of macule.
References
- mackle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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