eckle
English
Alternative forms
- eccle
Etymology 1
From a variation of ickle (“icicle”), from Middle English ikil, ykle, from Old English ġicel (“ice, icicle”), from Proto-Germanic *jikilaz, *jekulaz (“piece of ice”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH- (“icefloe, icicle”). More at ickle.
Noun
eckle (plural eckles)
- (dialectal) An icicle.
- (dialectal, usually in the plural) The crest of a cock.
- (dialectal) A woodpecker.
Etymology 2
Alteration of ettle.
Verb
eckle (third-person singular simple present eckles, present participle eckling, simple past and past participle eckled)
- (intransitive, Northern England) To aim; intend; design.
Anagrams
- Cleek, Eckel, cleek