- muckle
- 1) Scots slang, big.
Look at that muckle cow.
2) To bang up, destroy, damage.My car really got muckled when that fire hydrant ran into it.
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Muckle — Muc kle, a. [See {Mickle}.] Much. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
muckle — [muk′əl] adj., adv., n. var. of MICKLE … English World dictionary
Muckle — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Muckle est un terme venant du vieux norrois que l on retrouve dans : Muckle Flugga, une île des Shetland en Écosse ; Muckle Green Holm, une île… … Wikipédia en Français
Muckle — Friedrich Muckle (* 1883) war ein deutscher Nationalökonom und Schriftsteller, der als Privatdozent an der Universität Heidelberg lehrte. 1918 war er unter Ministerpräsident Kurt Eisner nach der Novemberrevolution von 1918 Bevollmächtigter… … Deutsch Wikipedia
muckle — Mickle Mic kle (m[i^]k k l), a. [OE. mikel, muchel, mochel, mukel, AS. micel, mycel; akin to OS. mikil, OHG. mihil, mihhil, Icel. mikill, mykill, Goth. mikils, L. magnus, Gr. me gas, gen. mega loy; cf. Skr. mahat. [root]103. Cf. {Much}, {Muckle} … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
muckle — mickle, muckle These are merely variants of the same word meaning ‘a large amount’, and so the proverb Many a mickle makes a muckle is, in its usual form, a meaningless corruption. The correct form is Many a little (or occasionally pickle =… … Modern English usage
Muckle — Recorded in many forms including Machel, Matchell, Matsell, Mitchel, Mitchell, Michell, Mickle, Muckle and others, this is an surname of English and Scottish origins. Introduced into Western Europe by returning knights and pilgrims of the famous… … Surnames reference
muckle on — Canadian Slang The act of sorting out troops, or solving a problem. i.e. Pte Bloggins, muckle on to that broom and start sweeping … English dialects glossary
muckle — 1) Scots slang, big. Look at that muckle cow. 2) To bang up, destroy, damage. My car really got muckled when that fire hydrant ran into it … Dictionary of american slang
Muckle — very large. Ye muckle sumph! = You big idiot! … Scottish slang
