1. Dictionary
  2. Food and cooking
  3. Bickle

Jamaican Patois · Food and cooking

Bickle

Food

Say itBIK-kle

JLU spelling
bikl
Also written
Bikkle

What “Bickle” means

Bickle means food in general, the meal or something to eat.

Examples

Mi hungry. Weh di bickle deh?

I'm hungry. Where's the food?

How to use it

Homely and a little playful. You'll often hear it with nyam (eat).

Where it comes from

From the English word "victuals" (pronounced "vittles"), meaning food.