Mackle

Quick meaning: Mackle is a noun meaning (UK, dialect, transitive) To assemble in a makeshift manner; to cobble together.

Meaning

(UK, dialect, transitive) To assemble in a makeshift manner; to cobble together.

More Meanings

1. (humorous, chiefly Internet slang) To speak like or act like rapper Macklemore, particularly in a way perceived as naive or cringeworthy.
2. Obsolete form of macule.

Example Sentences

A number of followers thanked him for his decision, with one fan writing, “He mackled less, for our sake.”

It's dry and warm and if Jacob and I were to put our heads together I'm sure we could find something in the tack-room, some harness, or a nose band or two that could be mackled together to make a carrying contraption.

For Macklemore’s birthday, we’re going to have a look at some memorable instances of him mackling—his greatest mackles, if you will—both to celebrate how far he’s come this year and to remember what horrors he remains capable of.

Pitchfork explicitly compared Eminem to Macklemore, writing that "there's a level of Mackling to a white celebrity rapper" stating "and I admit there have been times where it's been embarrassing to be a white boy, as if Marshall Mathers' mortification is of any import here."

Word Forms

• mackles
• mackling
• mackled

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cobble, patchwork, codge, mingle-mangle, mingle, mabble.

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