huck

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hʌk/ (Northern England, Ireland) IPA(key): /hʊk/ Rhymes: -ʌk === Etymology 1 === Unknown. Perhaps a variant of chuck or hoick. ==== Verb ==== huck (third-person singular simple present hucks, present participle hucking, simple past and past participle hucked) (transitive, informal) To throw or chuck. Synonyms: fling, hurl; see also Thesaurus:throw To throw oneself off a large jump or drop. To throw one's body in the air, possibly in a way that is ungraceful or lacks skill. (transitive, Ultimate Frisbee) To throw a frisbee a long distance. (intransitive, Ultimate Frisbee) To make a long throw with the frisbee; to start a point by making such a throw. (mountain biking) To attempt a particularly big jump or drop, often haphazardly. (mountain biking) To make a maneuver in a clumsy or poorly planned way. (transitive, whitewater kayaking) To paddle off a waterfall or to boof a big drop. ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Noun ==== huck (plural hucks) (Ultimate Frisbee) A long throw, generally at least half a field in length. (skiing, snowboarding) A drop or jump off a cliff or cornice. === Etymology 2 === Backformation from huckle, or from Middle English hoke (“hook”); compare hokebone (“hip”). ==== Noun ==== huck (plural hucks) (dialect) A person's hip. ===== Related terms ===== huckle === Etymology 3 === From Middle English hukken, related to German höken (“to haggle; traffic”). ==== Verb ==== huck (third-person singular simple present hucks, present participle hucking, simple past and past participle hucked) (dated) To haggle in trading. === Anagrams === CUHK, HKCU == Yola == === Alternative forms === huch === Etymology === From Middle English hoken. Compare English hook (“to move or go with a sudden turn”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hʊk/ === Verb === huck to come ==== Derived terms ==== t'uck === References === Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 84