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Definition stickle

Etymology 1

From Middle English *stikel, *stykyl (in compounds), from Old English sticel (“a prickle, sting, goad”), from Proto-Germanic *stiklaz, *stikilaz (“sting, stinger, peak, cup, goblet”).

Noun

stickle (plural stickles)

  1. A sharp point; prickle; a spine

Etymology 2

From Middle English stikel, from Old English sticel, sticol (“high, lofty, steep, reaching great heights, inaccessible”), from Proto-Germanic *stikulaz, *stikkulaz (“high, steep”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to stick; peak”).

Adjective

stickle (comparative more stickle, superlative most stickle)

  1. steep; high; inaccessible
  2. (Britain, dialectal) high, as the water of a river; swollen; sweeping; rapid
Noun

stickle (plural stickles)

  1. (Britain, dialectal) A shallow rapid in a river.
  2. (Britain, dialectal) The current below a waterfall.

Etymology 3

From a variant of stightle (“to order, arrange, direct”), from Middle English stightelen, sti?tlen, stihilen, stihlen, equivalent to stight (“to order, rule, govern”) +‎ -le (frequentative suffix).

Verb

stickle (third-person singular simple present stickles, present participle stickling, simple past and past participle stickled)

  1. (obsolete) To act as referee or arbiter; to mediate.
  2. (now rare) To argue or struggle for.
  3. To raise objections; to argue stubbornly, especially over minor or trivial matters.
  4. (transitive, obsolete) To separate, as combatants; hence, to quiet, to appease, as disputants.
  5. (transitive, obsolete) To intervene in; to stop, or put an end to, by intervening.
  6. (intransitive, obsolete) To separate combatants by intervening.
  7. (intransitive, obsolete) To contend, contest, or altercate, especially in a pertinacious manner on insufficient grounds.

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SICKLE 14
STELIC 10
TICKLE 14
5 letter words with the letters STICKLE 
KILTS 10
LICKS 13
LIKES 10
SLICK 13
STICK 12
TICKS 12
4 letter words with the letters STICKLE 
CEIL 8
CELS 8
CELT 8
CIST 7
CITE 7
ELKS 9
ETIC 7
ICES 7
ILKS 9
ISLE 5
KELT 9
KILT 9
KIST 8
KITE 8
KITS 8
LEIS 5
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LICE 8
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LIES 5
LIKE 9
LIST 5
LITE 5
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SECT 7
SICE 7
SICK 11
SIKE 8
SILK 9
SILT 5
SITE 4
SKIT 8
SLIT 5
TELS 5
TICK 11
TICS 7
TIES 4
TIKE 8
TILE 5
TILS 5
3 letter words with the letters STICKLE 
CEL 7
CIS 6
ELK 8
ELS 4
ICE 6
ICK 10
ILK 8
ITS 3
KIT 7
LEI 4
LEK 8
LET 4
LIE 4
LIS 4
LIT 4
SEC 6
SEI 3
SEL 4
SET 3
SIC 6
SIT 3
SKI 7
TEL 4
TIC 6
TIE 3
TIL 4
TIS 3
TSK 7
2 letter words with the letters STICKLE 
EL 3
ES 2
ET 2
IS 2
IT 2
KI 6
LI 3
SI 2
TI 2

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