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eckle

eckle noun: an icicle.

Noun

eckle (plural eckles)

  1. (dialectal) An icicle.
  2. (dialectal, plural-normally) The crest of a cock.
  3. (dialectal) A woodpecker.

Verb

eckle (third-person singular simple present eckles, present participle eckling, simple past and past participle eckled)

  1. (Northern England, intransitive) To aim; intend; design.

Forms of eckle

Noun
pluraleckles
alternative formeccle
Verb
third-person singular presenteckles
present participleeckling
past participleeckled
pasteckled

Origin of eckle

From a variation of ickle (“icicle”), from Middle English ikil, ykle, from Old English ġicel (“ice, icicle”), from Proto-West Germanic *jikil, from Proto-Germanic *jekulaz (“piece of ice”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH- (“icefloe, icicle”). More at ickle.

Alteration of ettle.

Questions about eckle

What does eckle mean?
Eckle means an icicle.
What part of speech is eckle?
Eckle can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of eckle?
The plural of eckle is eckles.

Words near eckle in the dictionary

  1. eckie
  2. eckies
  3. Eckington
  4. Eckist
  5. Eckists
  6. eckle
  7. eckled
  8. ecklein
  9. eckleins
  10. Eckler
  11. Ecklers

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