mackle

plural mackles

1. obsoleteObsolete form of macule.

present singular third person mackles · participle present mackling · participle past mackled · past mackled

1. obsoleteObsolete form of macule.

present singular third person mackles · participle present mackling · participle past mackled · past mackled

1. UKdialectaltransitiveTo assemble in a makeshift manner; to cobble together.

   It's dry and warm and if Jacob and I were to put our heads together I'm sure we could find something in the tack-room, some harness, or a nose band or two that could be mackled together to make a carrying contraption.

   1998, Audrey Howard, When Morning Comes

present singular third person mackles · participle present mackling · participle past mackled · past mackled

1. InternethumorousTo speak like or act like rapper Macklemore, particularly in a way perceived as naive or cringeworthy.

   A number of followers thanked him for his decision, with one fan writing, “He mackled less, for our sake.”

   2016 August 15, Stephanie Chan, “Macklemore Responds to Twitter User After Being Asked to Denounce “Haircut of the Racists””, in The Hollywood Reporter, archived from the original on 12 Jul 2024

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   Macklemore’s off-record behavior could be just as bumbling, and after a steady stream of media gaffes, many asked if he’d consider mackling less. […] For Macklemore’s birthday, we’re going to have a look at some memorable instances of him mackling—his greatest mackles, if you will—both to celebrate how far he’s come this year and to remember what horrors he remains capable of.

   2015 June 19, Craig Jenkins, “A Brief History of Macklemore Mackling”, in VICE, archived from the original on 16 Oct 2025

   He copped what was rightfully Kendrick Lamar’s Grammy, felt genuinely bad and apologised privately, and then ruined it by making everyone aware that he had apologised – but he mackled on. He performed live dressed as a 19th century Jewish stereotype, tried to brush it off as a “random costume” – and continued to mackle. […] Is that a fair price to pay for Macklemore to mackle less?

   2015 October 13, Emma Garland, “Nerds Won A Competition To Get Macklemore to Play at Their High School but the Teachers Said No Because They Have Good Taste”, in VICE, archived from the original on 16 Sep 2026

   Pitchfork explicitly compared Eminem to Macklemore, writing that "there's a level of Mackling to a white celebrity rapper" stating "and I admit there have been times where it's been embarrassing to be a white boy, as if Marshall Mathers' mortification is of any import here."

   2021 May 10, Patrick Burke, Tear Down the Walls: White Radicalism and Black Power in 1960s Rock, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 147

plural mackles

1. An instance of mackling.

   For Macklemore’s birthday, we’re going to have a look at some memorable instances of him mackling—his greatest mackles, if you will—both to celebrate how far he’s come this year and to remember what horrors he remains capable of.

   2015 June 19, Craig Jenkins, “A Brief History of Macklemore Mackling”, in VICE, archived from the original on 16 Oct 2025