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dackle

Verb CEFR B1
ˈdækəl

Definitions

To slacken pace; to hesitate.

Scotland

Examples

“Sometimes we ran, sometimes we gaed; Whiles dackled on the way.”
“The two kits said 'hi' in the passing and never dackled, just kept going their own⟳ way.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

dackled dackles dackling dacks dacoit dacoited

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