adj
Meaning 1
Of a person: rash, impetuous, reckless
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Standard Lemma guide
rackle
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/ˈɹæ.kəl/
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adj
Meaning 2
Rough, crude
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adj
Meaning 3
Sturdy in old age
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noun
Meaning 4
A chain.
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Usage: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, countable, dialectal
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noun
Meaning 5
Noisy talk.
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Usage: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 6
To talk noisily; rattle on.
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Usage: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal
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History
Etymology
Uncertain. Probably from rack (“to drive; move; go forward rapidly”), alteration of Middle English reken (“to drive; move; tend”), from Old Norse reka, vreka (“to drive; drift; toss”) + -le (“tending or prone to”). Related to Icelandic reka, Swedish vräka, Danish vrage, English wrack.
From Middle English rakyl (“chain”), apparently related to Old Frisian rakels (“chain”), French racle ("the iron ring of a door" (from a Germanic source)), and also Middle English rakente, from Old English racente (“chain, fetter”). More at rackan.