brickle

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
18
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈbɹɪkəl/

Definition of brickle

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (Appalachia, alt-of, alternative, archaic, dialectal)Alternative form of breakle.
    “brickle clay”
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adj

  1. (Appalachia, alt-of, alternative, archaic, dialectal)Alternative form of breakle.
    “brickle clay”

verb

  1. (Canada, dialectal)To fail spectacularly.
    “How to Brickle: The New Brunswick Funny Book (1977, →ISBN”

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Etymology

From Middle English brikel, brekil, brukel (“easily broken or shattered”), from Old English *bryċel, *brucol (as in hūsbryċel (“burglarious”, literally “house-breaking”), scipbrucol (“destructive to shipping, causing shipwreck”, literally “ship-breaking”), equivalent to break + -le. See also breakle.

Anagrams of brickle

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