(ˈmʌkəl ) Scottish. adjective. 1. large; much. adverb.
The meaning of the word Muckle is mighty, huge or great. It can used as an adjective in Northumbrian and Scottish dialect, for example 'muckle view' or perhaps 'muckle beer'.
adj. 1. Of size or bulk: large, big, great (Sc. 1808 Jam.).
Noun. (chiefly Scotland) A great amount.
/ (ˈtɒtɪ) / adjective. mainly Scot very small; tiny.
ginger - pop/fizzy drink/soda (typically referring to Irn-Bru.)
Weegie is a slang term referring to people from Glasgow in Scotland, which is used as a noun or adjective. It is a contraction of the word Glaswegian, referring to people from Glasgow. An informal and, to some, insulting term in Scotland, it can be heard regularly on radio stations such as Talk 107 or Sunny Govan FM.
'Muckle' is Scots for 'big' or 'great'.
/ (ˈʃʊɡəl) dialect, mainly Scot / verb. to shake, sway, or rock back and forth.
(ben) noun. Scot & Irish. a mountain peak; high hill.
Origins of Muckle:
According to the early recordings of the spelling of the name, this interesting and unique name was listed in many forms containing Machel, Matchell, Matsell, Mitchel, Mitchell, Michell, Mickle, Muckle, and others, this is a surname of English and Scottish origins.
31 May 2016 ~ Laura Stuart-Neil. An apt Scottish phrase to consider is “mony a mickle maks a muckle”. For those not familiar with this glorious expression, it means “many little things, make a big thing”.
By the end of the 15th century, English/Scots speakers referred to Gaelic instead as 'Yrisch' or 'Erse', i.e.
The term Scots-Irish (also Scotch-Irish) is an American term it was given to protestant Presbyterian, Lowland Scots. In native Ireland and England these people were called the Ulster Scots. These people came about in the early 17th century when James I became King of England.
The Gaels gave Scotland its name from 'Scoti', a racially derogatory term used by the Romans to describe the Gaelic-speaking 'pirates' who raided Britannia in the 3rd and 4th centuries. They called themselves 'Goidi l', modernised today as Gaels, and later called Scotland 'Alba'.
The Pictish and later Scottish kings referred to themselves as "Kings of Alba" up until the Norman usurpation of the Scottish throne after MacBeth.
Peely-wally, with the 'wally' pronounced to rhyme with rally, not holly, is a Scots adjectival expression meaning pale, wan and off-colour, in the sense of looking unwell and tired. “She's had the flu and she's looking affy peely-wally.”
noun plural -ties. a Scot or dialect word for potato.
What is the Scottish word for friend? Charaid, or Mo Charaid for my friend, is the official answer, but colloquially the terms I have heard most seem to be chum and pal!
Muckle Flugga
The island's name has Old Norse origins and is thought to mean large, steep-sided island.
Lying roughly 100 miles off the north east coast of Scotland, the Shetland Islands are the northern-most tip of Scotland.
Shetland (formerly spelled Zetland, from Ȝetland) formerly called Hjaltland, is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It is an archipelago to the north-east of Orkney and mainland Scotland, with a total area of approximately 1466 km².
Noun. Glasgow kiss (plural Glasgow kisses) (Britain, euphemistic, humorous) A sharp, sudden headbutt to the nose, usually resulting in a broken nose.
Bawbag, n.
The scrotum. 2. An ignorant, obnoxious, or otherwise debatable person. Often as a disparaging form of address.
Its dictionary definition is “a Scots word meaning scrotum, in Scots vernacular a term of endearment but in English could be taken as an insult”.