dackle
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 6
/ˈdækəl/
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/ˈdækəl/ · /ˈdeɪkəl/
Definition of dackle
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(Scotland)To slacken pace; to hesitate.
“Sometimes we ran, sometimes we gaed; Whiles dackled on the way.”
“The two kits said 'hi' in the passing and never dackled, just kept going their own way.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Compare dacker (“walk slowly”), and perhaps compare German dackeln (“to walk slowly”).
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