rackle

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɹæ.kəl/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle English rakyl (“chain”), apparently related to Old Frisian rakels (“chain”), French racle ("the iron ring of a door" (from a Germanic source)), and also Middle English rakente, from Old English racente (“chain, fetter”). More at rackan. ==== Alternative forms ==== rakkill (Scotland) ==== 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 === Uncertain. Probably from rack (“to drive; move; go forward rapidly”), alteration of Middle English reken (“to drive; move; tend”), from Old Norse reka, vreka (“to drive; drift; toss”) +‎ -le (“tending or prone to”). Related to Icelandic reka, Swedish vräka, Danish vrage, English wrack. ==== 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