likkle

L1I1K5K5L1E1
/ˈlɪ.kəl//ˈlɪ.kəw//ˈlɪ.kəʊ/

adjective

Little.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

adjectivelikkle (comparative more likkle, superlative most likkle)

comparative more likkle · superlative most likkle

  1. CaribbeanMulticultural London EnglishYorkshireslangLancashireLittle.

    A likkle bit of brown for my twitter TL too🤎

    2021 April 20, @WirthMaisha, Twitter, archived from the original on 23 Jul 2023
    3 more examples

    I'm in the tub, you on the seat / Lick your lips as I soap my feet / Then you notice likkle carpet burn / My stomach drop and my guts churn

    2007 January 8, Amy Winehouse, “You Know I'm No Good” (track 2), in Back to Black

    But I roll deep on these / Show these likkle MCs about greaze / Show these likkle MCs about me / I was on my steeze from 2003

    2017, Stormzy, Karl Joseph, Dizzee Rascal, “Return of the Rucksack” (track 11), in Gang Signs & Prayer, performed by Stormzy

    Got myself my car / Bagged my degree / Got myself a likkle apartment

    2022 December 28, @xhosa_aquarian, Twitter, archived from the original on 23 Jul 2023

Origin

  1. Englishlittle
  2. Jamaican Creolelikkle
  3. Englishlikkle

Borrowed from Jamaican Creole likkle, from English little.

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Cite this entry
APA

likkle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/likkle

MLA

“likkle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/likkle. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “likkle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/likkle.

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