name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
huck
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/hʌk/
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Ireland, Northern-England: /hʊk/
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rhymes with -ʌk
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CMU ARPABET: HH AH1 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A long throw, generally at least half a field in length.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: Ultimate Frisbee
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noun
Meaning 3
A drop or jump off a cliff or cornice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, skiing, snowboarding, sports
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noun
Meaning 4
A person's hip.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal
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noun
Meaning 5
Alternative form of huq.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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verb
Meaning 6
To throw or chuck.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, transitive
Examples
- He was so angry that he hucked the book at my face.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fling, hurl, bung, cast, chuck, chunk, cook, dash, dump, feck, jerk, heave, hield, hoy, huck, hurtle, launch, lob, peck, peg, pick, pitch, precipitate, project, quoit, shy, slight, skew, sling, thrill, throw, toss, traject, warp, whang, whip, whop, wing, yeet
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verb
Meaning 7
To throw oneself off a large jump or drop.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 8
To throw one's body in the air, possibly in a way that is ungraceful or lacks skill.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 9
To throw a frisbee a long distance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Qualifier: Ultimate Frisbee
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verb
Meaning 10
To make a long throw with the frisbee; to start a point by making such a throw.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Qualifier: Ultimate Frisbee
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verb
Meaning 11
To attempt a particularly big jump or drop, often haphazardly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: mountain biking
Examples
- A longer fork makes the bike more cumbersome, but you will be able to huck more stuff.
- If you huck it (the take-off), you'll drop about 20 feet.
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verb
Meaning 12
To make a maneuver in a clumsy or poorly planned way.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: mountain biking
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verb
Meaning 13
To paddle off a waterfall or to boof a big drop.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Qualifier: whitewater kayaking
Examples
- I hucked a sweet 25-foot waterfall on the Tomata River.
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verb
Meaning 14
To haggle in trading.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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noun
Meaning 15
toweling consisting of coarse absorbent cotton or linen fabric
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: huckaback
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Broader terms: toweling, towelling
History
Etymology
* 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.
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”).