Meanings
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of fankle
adjectivefankled (comparative more fankled, superlative most fankled)
comparative more fankled · superlative most fankled
- ScotlandTangled.
I did not like the bushes where I was sitting. Ye could not see in. It was just leaves and leaves and all thick branches all fankled, all stuff poking out, fuzzy stuff and poison too, so ye could not go in [...].
2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin, published 2009, page 110
Origin
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
fankled. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fankled
MLA
“fankled.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fankled. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fankled,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fankled.
Source: fankled on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.