Muckle Definition

mukəl
adjective

Mickle.

Webster's New World

(archaic, outside, Northumbrian and Scotland) Large, massive.

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(archaic, outside, Northumbrian and Scotland) Much.

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noun

(chiefly Scotland) A great amount.

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verb
(US, dialectal) To latch onto something with the mouth.
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(rare) To talk big; to exaggerate.

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Origin of Muckle

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

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Muckle Sentence Examples

  • The NLS text has the word ane after muckle which clearly scans better for reading.

  • In the book, the house of Shaws is a muckle big house but muckle big house but muckle is dropped.

  • Gin ye can licht on ony dacent sensible wumman o ' your ain age I 'm nae jist carin ' sae muckle.

  • The gate they're gaun the noo, they couldnae win through an the muckle deil were there to pilot them.

  • His proposals had special reference to the necessity for connecting a lighthouse on Muckle Flugga, in the Shetlands, and the mainland, but were not carried into effect.

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Words Starting With

MMUMUC

Words Ending With

ELEKLE

Unscrambles

muckle

Words Starting With M and Ending With E

Starts With M & Ends With EStarts With MU & Ends With EStarts With M & Ends With LE

Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With M6 Letter Words Ending With E