"muckle" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈmʌkəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-muckle.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more muckle [comparative], most muckle [superlative]
Rhymes: -ʌkəl Etymology: From Middle English mukel, muchel, from the same source as (perhaps a variant of) mickle. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|mukel}} Middle English mukel, {{m|enm|muchel}} muchel, {{m|en|mickle}} mickle Head templates: {{en-adj}} muckle (comparative more muckle, superlative most muckle)
  1. (archaic outside Northumbria and Scotland) Large, massive. Tags: Scotland, archaic, outside-Northumbria Categories (topical): Size
    Sense id: en-muckle-en-adj-Ogtihafa Disambiguation of Size: 41 0 28 0 0 31 Categories (other): Northumbrian English, Scottish English, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Geordie English Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 21 27 23 2 6 21 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 27 33 19 2 4 15 Disambiguation of Geordie English: 15 21 17 10 18 20
  2. (archaic outside Northumbria and Scotland) Much. Tags: Scotland, archaic, outside-Northumbria
    Sense id: en-muckle-en-adj-eD3QPmS0 Categories (other): Northumbrian English, Scottish English, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Geordie English Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 21 27 23 2 6 21 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 27 33 19 2 4 15 Disambiguation of Geordie English: 15 21 17 10 18 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈmʌkəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-muckle.wav [Southern-England] Forms: muckles [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌkəl Etymology: From Middle English mukel, muchel, from the same source as (perhaps a variant of) mickle. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|mukel}} Middle English mukel, {{m|enm|muchel}} muchel, {{m|en|mickle}} mickle Head templates: {{en-noun}} muckle (plural muckles)
  1. (chiefly Scotland) A great amount. Tags: Scotland Derived forms: many a mickle makes a muckle
    Sense id: en-muckle-en-noun-HJK5BGgC Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Geordie English Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 21 27 23 2 6 21 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 27 33 19 2 4 15 Disambiguation of Geordie English: 15 21 17 10 18 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈmʌkəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-muckle.wav [Southern-England] Forms: muckles [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌkəl Head templates: {{en-noun}} muckle (plural muckles)
  1. A maul or hammer.
    Sense id: en-muckle-en-noun-O2Ok5uid Categories (other): Geordie English Disambiguation of Geordie English: 15 21 17 10 18 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈmʌkəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-muckle.wav [Southern-England] Forms: muckles [present, singular, third-person], muckling [participle, present], muckled [participle, past], muckled [past]
Rhymes: -ʌkəl Etymology: From Middle English mukel, muchel, from the same source as (perhaps a variant of) mickle. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|mukel}} Middle English mukel, {{m|enm|muchel}} muchel, {{m|en|mickle}} mickle Head templates: {{en-verb}} muckle (third-person singular simple present muckles, present participle muckling, simple past and past participle muckled)
  1. (New Emgland) To latch onto something with the mouth.
    Sense id: en-muckle-en-verb-8jXuiFmW Categories (other): Geordie English Disambiguation of Geordie English: 15 21 17 10 18 20
  2. (rare) To talk big; to exaggerate. Tags: rare Synonyms (to talk big): mickle
    Sense id: en-muckle-en-verb-~lwok5wx Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Geordie English Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 21 27 23 2 6 21 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 27 33 19 2 4 15 Disambiguation of Geordie English: 15 21 17 10 18 20 Disambiguation of 'to talk big': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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        "Much."
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          "ref": "1897, Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous",
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