rackle
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English rakyl (“chain”), apparently related to Old Frisian rakels (“chain”), French racle ("the iron ring of a door") (from a (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "gem" is not valid. See WT:LOL. 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, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A chain.
- (uncountable, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Noisy talk.
Verb
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- (UK 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)
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