Muckle

//ˈmʌkəl// adj, name, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Large, massive. Scotland, archaic, outside-Northumbria

    "She clorts a muckle piece [sandwich] tae me, wi' different kinds o' jam,"

  2. 2
    Much. Scotland, archaic, outside-Northumbria
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A great amount. Scotland
  2. 2
    A maul or hammer.

    "Then the caplin moved off, and five minutes later there was no sound except the splash of the sinkers overside, the flapping of the cod, and the whack of the muckles as the men stunned them."

  3. 3
    (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To latch onto something with the mouth. Maine

    "And how'd she get such a holt on you, Terence Campion, let alone the way she's muckled onto those Bennetts?"

  2. 2
    To talk big; to exaggerate. rare

    "I told him all, / Both bad and good; / I bade him call — / He said he would: / I added much — the more I muckled, / The more that chuckling chummy chuckled!"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English mukel, muchel, from the same source as (perhaps a variant of) mickle.

Etymology 2

From Middle English mukel, muchel, from the same source as (perhaps a variant of) mickle.

Etymology 3

From Middle English mukel, muchel, from the same source as (perhaps a variant of) mickle.

Etymology 4

Two possible origins: * From Middle English muchel (“big”), a nickname for a big man. * Borrowed from German Mückle, a diminutive of Muck.

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