rackle
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
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 edit
- rakkill (Scotland)
Noun edit
rackle (countable and uncountable, plural rackles)
- (countable, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A chain.
- (uncountable, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Noisy talk.
Verb edit
rackle (third-person singular simple present rackles, present participle rackling, simple past and past participle rackled)
- (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To talk noisily; rattle on.
Etymology 2 edit
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 edit
rackle (comparative more rackle, superlative most rackle)