RACKLE

Etymology 1

Noun

rackle (countable and uncountable, plural rackles)

(countable, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A chain.

(uncountable, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Noisy talk.

Verb

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

Adjective

rackle (comparative more rackle, superlative most rackle)

Of a person: rash, impetuous, reckless

Rough, crude

Sturdy in old age

Anagrams

• Clarke, calker, lacker, recalk

Source: Wiktionary



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