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hockle

[ hok-uhl ]
/ ˈhɒk əl /
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verb (used without object), hock·led, hock·ling.
(of a rope) to have the yarns spread and kinked through twisting in use.
noun
the spreading and kinking of the yarns in a rope strand.
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Origin of hockle

Perhaps hock1 + -le

Words nearby hockle

hockey, hockey mom, hockey skate, hockey stick, Hocking, hockle, hock leg, Hockney, hockshop, Hocktide, hocus
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British Dictionary definitions for hockle

hockle
/ (ˈhɒkəl) /
verb hockles, hockled or hockling (intr)
Northumbrian dialect to spit
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