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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
Large, massive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, archaic, outside-Northumbria
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adj
Much.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, archaic, outside-Northumbria
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name
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A great amount.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland
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noun
A maul or hammer.
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verb
To latch onto something with the mouth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Maine
Qualifier: Vermont
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verb
To talk big; to exaggerate.
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Usage: rare
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noun
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad
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Broader terms: large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount
Narrower terms: flood, inundation, deluge, torrent, haymow
History
From Middle English mukel, muchel, from the same source as (perhaps a variant of) mickle.
Two possible origins: * From Middle English muchel (“big”), a nickname for a big man. * Borrowed from German Mückle, a diminutive of Muck.
