huckle

[ huhk-uhl ]

noun
  1. the hip or haunch.

Origin of huckle

1
1520–30; obsolete huck hip, haunch (< ?) + -le

Words Nearby huckle

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How to use huckle in a sentence

  • As soon as one spies the hidden object, he goes at once to his seat saying, "huckle buckle, bean stalk!"

  • Of the soldiers some were cleaning their arms; some were stretched out in the bow asleep; others were playing at huckle-bones.

    The Brass Bell | Eugne Sue
  • He tried to divert himself at huckle-bones, and lost the gold plates of his necklace one by one.

    Salammbo | Gustave Flaubert
  • He was laughing because there isn't any such color as huckle.

  • That king and steward could exercise no rivalry over each other except at tops or huckle-bones.

British Dictionary definitions for huckle

huckle

/ (ˈhʌkəl) /


nounrare
  1. the hip or haunch

  2. a projecting or humped part

Origin of huckle

1
C16: diminutive of Middle English huck hip, haunch; perhaps related to Old Norse hūka to squat

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