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Huck

//hʌk// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun

1
A surname.

Noun

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.

Verb

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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Unknown. Perhaps a variant of chuck or hoick.

Etymology 2

Unknown. Perhaps a variant of chuck or hoick.

Etymology 3

Backformation from huckle, or from Middle English hoke (“hook”); compare hokebone (“hip”).

Etymology 4

From Middle English hukken, related to German höken (“to haggle; traffic”).

Etymology 5

* 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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