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rackle.

A chain.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɹæ.kəl/
  1. A chain.

    Northern-England · Scotland · UK · countable · dialectal
  2. Noisy talk.

    Northern-England · Scotland · UK · dialectal · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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.

verb/ˈɹæ.kəl/
  1. To talk noisily; rattle on.

    Northern-England · Scotland · UK · dialectal
Where this word comes from

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.

adj/ˈɹæ.kəl/
  1. Of a person: rash, impetuous, reckless

  2. Rough, crude

  3. Sturdy in old age

Where this word comes from

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.

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