Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

likkle

/ˈlɪ.kəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.25 in modern English

Syllables: likkle
IPA: /ˈlɪ.kəl/

14

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Slang

Example Sentences

"I'm in the tub, you on the seat / Lick your lips as I soap my feet / Then you notice likkle carpet burn / My stomach drop and my guts churn"
"But I roll deep on these / Show these likkle MCs about greaze / Show these likkle MCs about me / I was on my steeze from 2003"
"A likkle bit of brown for my twitter TL too🤎"
"Got myself my car / Bagged my degree / Got myself a likkle apartment"

Etymology

Borrowed from Jamaican Creole likkle, from English little.

Origin

Source language: English

Word Breakdown

Root: little

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

more likkle (comparative) most likkle (superlative)

Rhymes With

ethical nickel ideological pickle trickle tickle sickle fickle cuticle mickle bickle stickle

Questions

How do you pronounce likkle?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈlɪ.kəl/.
What does likkle mean?: Little.
Where does likkle come from?: It is traced to English.

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