Muckle

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmÊŒkÉ™l/
• Rhymes: -ÊŒkÉ™l

Origin

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

Full definition of muckle

Noun

1. (chiefly Scotland) A great amount.

Derived terms

• many a mickle makes a muckle

Adjective

1. (archaic, outside, Northumbria and Scotland) Large, massive.
• circa 1930 George S. Morris (musician), song A Pair o Nicky-tams:She clorts a muckle piece sandwich tae me, wi' different kinds o' jam,
  An' tells me ilka nicht that she admires my Nicky Tams.
2. (archaic, outside, Northumbria and Scotland) Much.

Verb

1. (US, dialectal) To latch onto something with the mouth.
• And how'd she get such a holt on you, Terence Campion, let alone the way she's muckled onto those Bennetts?
• Another technique for the baby who is having trouble muckling on involves a breast or nipple shield.
• When an exhausted sucker is hauled to the top of The Wall, usually its muckling circle of a mouth goes into a frenzied sucking spasm.
2. (rare) To talk big; to exaggerate.
• I told him all,
  Both bad and good;
  I bade him call —
  He said he would:
  I added much — the more I muckled,
  The more that chuckling chummy chuckled!

Synonyms

• (to talk big) mickle