rickle

/ ˈrɪkəl /

noun

1. an unsteady or shaky structure, esp a dilapidated building

2. a loose or disorganized heap

Word History and Origins

Origin of rickle¹

C16: perhaps of Scandinavian origin

Example Sentences

I believe this is a result of years of low interest rates and hoarding by the banks, its sort of at rickle down effect so to speak.

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The episode “A Rickle in Time” riffs on this idea with uncertainty after uncertainty resulting in 64 parallel timelines and floating Schrödinger’s cats.

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Mary Rickle, a spokesperson for Netroots Nation, acknowledged that Netroots has struggled with race, but said it went to great lengths to incorporate the protesters.

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I hear nae stir in the howe," said the beadsman, "and see naething but that rickle o' a house standing on that eerie pinnacle, like a craw's nest on the tap o' a tree in a glen.

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The Se�ora was a little woman—a mere "rickle of bones," in Jean's Scottish phrase, and hardly heavier than a stout six months' lamb.

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