bikkel

Dutch

Alternative forms

• pikkel

Etymology

From Middle Dutch pickel, *bickel, formed from picken, bicken (modern pikken and bikken).

Cognate with German Bickel, older form of Pickel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪ.kəl/

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• Hyphenation: bik‧kel
• Rhymes: -ɪkəl

Noun

bikkel m (plural bikkels, diminutive bikkeltje n)

1. talus, a bone in a sheep's heel
2. such a bone (often worked and) used as in a dice-like game of chance
3. any artificial, similar throwing device; a die
4. pebble
5. robust, resilient person
6. pickaxe

Derived terms

• bikkelbal
• bikkelen
• bikkelhard
• bikkelig
• bikkelknop
• bikkelspel
• bikkelworp
• onderbikkel

Descendants

• → Indonesian: bekel

Anagrams

• blikke