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单词 huckle
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huckle

[ huhk-uhl ]
/ ˈhʌk əl /

noun

the hip or haunch.

Origin of huckle

1520–30; obsolete huck hip, haunch (< ?) + -le

Words nearby huckle

Hubli, Hubli-Dharwad, hubris, huckaback, huckery, huckle, huckleberry, Huckleberry Finn, Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures of, hucklebone, huckster
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Example sentences from the Web for huckle

  • It did not even interest Ollyett that the verb 'to huckle' had passed into the English leader-writers' language.

    A Diversity of Creatures|Rudyard Kipling
  • As soon as one spies the hidden object, he goes at once to his seat saying, "Huckle buckle, bean stalk!"

    Games and Play for School Morale|Various
  • Tha haint got enny friends, and will live on huckle berry brush, with an ockasional chanse at Kanada thistels.

    The Complete Works of Josh Billings|Henry W. Shaw
  • He was laughing because there isn't any such color as huckle.

    Bikey the Skicycle and Other Tales of Jimmieboy|John Kendrick Bangs

British Dictionary definitions for huckle

huckle
/ (ˈhʌkəl) /

noun rare

the hip or haunch
a projecting or humped part

Word Origin for huckle

C16: diminutive of Middle English huck hip, haunch; perhaps related to Old Norse hūka to squat
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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