frickled

Verb

frickle (third-person singular simple present frickles, present participle frickling, simple past and past participle frickled)

1. To upset or discombobulate.
   • In his own Yorkshire words, they made him 'reet frickled', and any senior officers who came to inspect us never got their messages correctly delivered if poor Thompson was on duty.1988, Olga Pyne Clarke, A Horse in My Kit Bag, page 49
2. To move, act, or change randomly.
   • The ball took a lucky bounce for JSU and frickled away from the goal before a Panther player could capitalize on the rebound, and the game remained scoreless.2006 September 21, Chris Lundy, “Gamecocks Dominate in Home Opener”, in Chanticleer, volume 55, number 4
3. To speckle.
   • I was roused from my abstraction, and lo and behold! my stockings were all frickled with blood, and God knows how many lives I had to answer for.1833, John Galt, The Autobiography of John Galt - Volume 1, page 153

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