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huck en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /hʌk/
• /hʊk/ (Ireland, Northern-England)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps a variant of chuck or hoick.

Meanings

1. (qualifier:Ultimate Frisbee) A long throw, generally at least half a field in length.
2. A drop or jump off a cliff or cornice.

Forms

huck en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /hʌk/
• /hʊk/ (Ireland, Northern-England)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps a variant of chuck or hoick.

Meanings

1. (informal, transitive) To throw or chuck.
   • Mostly these portable toilets are just thin molded plastic […] But at construction sites, we sheet-metal the sides. Cladding, it's called. Otherwise, people come along and punch holes through them. […] Or kids will come along and huck rocks through the roofs, just to hear the sound it makes. 2008, Stephen King, A Very Tight Place:
   • So I came up with this plan for Blooey to hit that weak spot! All you, man,!" I said. I waited for a pause in the statue's movements and hucked Blooey up there! And bull's-eye! 2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Rogueport:
   • He was so angry that he hucked the book at my face.
2. To throw oneself off a large jump or drop.
3. To throw one's body in the air, possibly in a way that is ungraceful or lacks skill.
4. (qualifier:Ultimate Frisbee, transitive) To throw a frisbee a long distance.
5. (intransitive, qualifier:Ultimate Frisbee) To make a long throw with the frisbee; to start a point by making such a throw.
6. (qualifier:mountain biking) To attempt a particularly big jump or drop, often haphazardly.
   • If you huck it (the take-off), you'll drop about 20 feet.
   • A longer fork makes the bike more cumbersome, but you will be able to huck more stuff.
7. (qualifier:mountain biking) To make a maneuver in a clumsy or poorly planned way.
8. (qualifier:whitewater kayaking, transitive) To paddle off a waterfall or to boof a big drop.
   • I hucked a sweet 25-foot waterfall on the Tomata River.

Forms

Deriveds

hucker

Synonyms

hield · whop · warp · dump · precipitate · peg · traject · thrill · whip · peck · huck · jerk · fling · chuck · hurtle · whang · launch · lob · bung · cast · hurl · chunk · slight · pitch · dash · cook · heave · fling · pick · wing · hurl · feck · toss · throw · yeet · sling · hoy · skew · shy · quoit · project

huck en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /hʌk/
• /hʊk/ (Ireland, Northern-England)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (dialectal) A person's hip.

Forms

Relateds

huckle

huck en · VERB · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• /hʌk/
• /hʊk/ (Ireland, Northern-England)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (dated) To haggle in trading.

Forms

huck en · NOUN · etymology 4

Pronunciation

• /hʌk/
• /hʊk/ (Ireland, Northern-England)
• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of huq.
   alt of huq

Forms