huckle

== English == === Etymology === From huck (from Middle English hoke (“hook”), hokebone, probably so called because of its round shape) + -le. See also hook. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhʌkəl/ Rhymes: -ʌkəl === Noun === huckle (plural huckles) (obsolete) The hip, the haunch. 1687, The History of the Most Renowned Don Quixote of Mancha and His Trusty Squire (translated by JP), Book II, page 433: At what time Don Quixote, who had very much bruis'd his Huckle-bone, with a Hipshot grace approaching the Lady fell upon his Knees […] A bunch or part projecting like the hip. (Geordie, derogatory) A homosexual man. ==== Derived terms ==== huckle bone === Verb === huckle (third-person singular simple present huckles, present participle huckling, simple past and past participle huckled) (Scotland) To apprehend or arrest. == Swedish == === Noun === huckle n a (simpler) headscarf in the form of a shawl ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== huvudduk === References === huckle in Svensk ordbok (SO) huckle in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) huckle in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)