Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

seckle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: seck-le
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To settle down, relax.

Intransitive verb; Slang; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"I don't know why you even bothered and got my hopes up / Bitch, I should've just seckled and kept my love gun in my holster"
"Gotti kisses his teeth and says I only took a little bud. A little bud? Are you mad? I still had half my fucking draw left, don’t try take me for some dickhead and Gotti says seckle yourself and stop shouting man."

Etymology

Borrowed from Jamaican Creole sekkle, from English settle.

Origin

Source language: English

Word Breakdown

Root: settle

Usage

Inflected Forms

seckles (present, singular) seckling (participle, present) seckled (participle, past) seckled (past)

Questions

What does seckle mean?: To settle down, relax.
Where does seckle come from?: It is traced to English.

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