Huck
name, noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 A long throw, generally at least half a field in length.
- 2 A person's hip. dialectal
- 3 toweling consisting of coarse absorbent cotton or linen fabric wordnet
- 4 A drop or jump off a cliff or cornice.
- 1 To throw or chuck. informal, transitive
"He was so angry that he hucked the book at my face."
- 2 To haggle in trading. dated
- 3 To throw oneself off a large jump or drop.
- 4 To throw one's body in the air, possibly in a way that is ungraceful or lacks skill.
- 5 To throw a frisbee a long distance. transitive
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- 6 To make a long throw with the frisbee; to start a point by making such a throw. intransitive
- 7 To attempt a particularly big jump or drop, often haphazardly.
"A longer fork makes the bike more cumbersome, but you will be able to huck more stuff."
- 8 To make a maneuver in a clumsy or poorly planned way.
- 9 To paddle off a waterfall or to boof a big drop. transitive
"I hucked a sweet 25-foot waterfall on the Tomata River."
- 1 A surname.
Example
More examples"He was so angry that he hucked the book at my face."
Etymology
Unknown. Perhaps a variant of chuck or hoick.
Backformation from huckle, or from Middle English hoke (“hook”); compare hokebone (“hip”).
From Middle English hukken, related to German höken (“to haggle; traffic”).
* As an English surname, from Middle English Hucke, possibly from Old English *Hucca, *Ucca, personal names, and over time influenced by Hugh. * As a Dutch and German surname, from a pet form of Hugo.
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