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Brickle vs Prickle - What's the difference?

brickle | prickle |

As verbs the difference between brickle and prickle

is that brickle is to fail spectacularly while prickle is to feel a prickle.

As an adjective brickle

is alternative form of lang=en.

As a noun prickle is

a small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn.

brickle

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) brikel, brekil, .

Adjective

(head)
  • (Appalachian, or, archaic, or, dialect)
    • (Spenser)

    Etymology 2

    From , a failed automobile

    Verb

    (head)
  • (Canadian English, dialect) To fail spectacularly
  • * How to Brickle The New Brunswick Funny Book (1977) ISBN 0-9690732-0-8
    • Coined by Jim Lotz of The Atlantic Cooperator.
    Related terms
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    prickle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn.
    • (Francis Bacon)
  • A tingling sensation of mild discomfort.
  • A kind of willow basket.
    • (Ben Jonson)
  • (UK, obsolete) A sieve of hazelnuts, weighing about fifty pounds.

    • Derived terms

    * prickleback * prickly

    Verb

  • To feel a prickle.
  • To cause someone to feel a prickle.

    • Anagrams

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