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likkle

/ˈlɪ.kəl/

likkle adjective: little.

Adjective

likkle (comparative more likkle, superlative most likkle)

  1. (Caribbean, Multicultural-London-English, Yorkshire, slang, Lancashire) Little.
    • I'm in the tub, you on the seat / Lick your lips as I soap my feet / Then you notice likkle carpet burn / My stomach drop and my guts churn2007 January 8, Amy Winehouse, “You Know I'm No Good” (track 2), in Back to Black
    • But I roll deep on these / Show these likkle MCs about greaze / Show these likkle MCs about me / I was on my steeze from 20032017, Stormzy, Karl Joseph, Dizzee Rascal, “Return of the Rucksack” (track 11), in Gang Signs & Prayer, performed by Stormzy

Examples of likkle in a sentence

  • A likkle bit of brown for my twitter TL too🤎2021 April 20, @WirthMaisha, Twitter, archived from the original on 23 Jul 2023:
  • Got myself my car / Bagged my degree / Got myself a likkle apartment2022 December 28, @xhosa_aquarian, Twitter, archived from the original on 23 Jul 2023:

Forms of likkle

comparativemore likkle
superlativemost likkle

Origin of likkle

Borrowed from Jamaican Creole likkle, from English little.

Words that rhyme with likkle

7 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about likkle

What does likkle mean?
Likkle means little.
How do you use likkle in a sentence?
A likkle bit of brown for my twitter TL too🤎
What part of speech is likkle?
Likkle is an adjective.
How do you pronounce likkle?
Likkle is pronounced /ˈlɪ.kəl/.

Words near likkle in the dictionary

  1. likish
  2. likker
  3. likker up
  4. likkered
  5. likkers
  6. likkle
  7. liknoi
  8. liknon
  9. liknons
  10. Likou
  11. likubin

Source and license

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