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- Verbs
"Bumfle" - wrinkle or crease untidily, as in "My sheets were all bumfled after a restless night" "Coorie doon" - to nestle or snuggle down close as in "Coorie doon ma wee bairn" "Dicht" - scold. The word also means to wipe clean, such as "Give the dishes a quick dicht" or "Gie yer face a dicht" "Dotter" - to walk unsteadily or to stagger as in "The auld man wis dottering doon the street". Related words are "dotterel" (a stupid person) and the English word "dotage". "Fankle" - originating from the Gaelic word "fang" for a sheepfold, to fankle someting is to tangle it as in "the wool got fankled and stopped me from knitting". As a noun, it can also be a state of confusion "Dinna get yourself into a fankle" "Gang oan aboot" - make a fuss, as in "Ye didnae need tae gang oan aboot me spillin' the milk." "Gie someone his coffee" - scold someone soundly. "Get it over the fingers" - a reprimand, no doubt derived from the days when pupilswere rapped over the knuckles by the teacher. "Get your heid in your hands" - receive a severe scolding. In Glasgow the severity is added to by "Ye'll get yer heid on yer hauns - an' yer teeth tae play wi'". "Go your dinger" - lose your temper. "Haver" - to talk nonsense. "Yer havering man" or "Don't give us your havers" "Hirple" - limping or hobbling. "I could only hirple after spraining my ankle" "Jouk aboot" - duck, dodge and weave about. To "jouk the school" is to play truant. "Lichtsome" - carefree and cheerful or light on one's feet. "She was right lichtsome at the Strathspey" (where a Strathspey is one of the many forms of Scottish country dancing). "Licht" is of course "light". "Loup" - to jump or leap as in "Come and see the salmon loupin." Something which will "gar ye loup" will make you start with pain or surprise. "Loup the cuddie" is leapfrog. "Pit oot his pipe" - put him in his place. "Pit the hems on" - keep in order, as in "Jeannie pit the hems on her husband so he couldnae get to the pub." "Plouter" (rhymes with doubter) - splash through or play with water or mud (a favourite pastime of children...) To "plouter about" is to do something in an aimless manner "Sherrack" - a public dressing down, as in "She gave Jimmy a right sherrackin' in the street for coming home drunk." "Shoogle" - to shake or rock from side to side "Don't shoogle the ladder." A shoogle is a shake or nudge such as "Give me a shoogle if I fall asleep." The old tram cars were known as "shooglies." And if someone's "jacket is on a shoogly peg" he is in danger of getting the sack! "Skelp" - to smack or slap. "You'll get a skelpit leatherin when I get you home" "Skliff" or "Scliff" - many a boy has been told "Don't skliff your feet" - walking without lifting their feet properly so that their shoes scrape along the ground. It can also mean to strike with a glancing blow. "Stand like a stookie" - stand still, in a helpless bemused way. A "stookie" is a scarecrow! "Stechie" - stiff and slow moving, as in "That fitba player's nae use, he's too stechie". "Trauchle" - walk slowly and wearily. "It wis an awfae trauchle takin' the weans (children) tae the zoo". "Wheesht" - keep quiet/shut up! A variant is "haud your wheesht" Not to be confused with "wheech" which is to move through the air with a whizzing sound or to snatch or "wheech" away.
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