Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Huckaback.
- intransitive verb To throw or toss.
- intransitive verb To cause (a vehicle or board such as a skateboard) to leave the ground when executing a jump or stunt.
- intransitive verb To go over or across (an obstacle), especially when executing a stunt.
- intransitive verb To jump or go off (an object or cliff, for example), as in snowboarding or basejumping.
- intransitive verb To leave the ground when executing a jump or stunt, as on a skateboard.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To higgle in trading.
- noun A dialectal form of
hook . - noun A dialectal corruption of husk.
- noun A hard blow or knock.
- noun In beef, the part between the shin and the round.
- A commercial contraction of huckaback: as, huck towels or toweling.
- noun The hip.
- noun Same as
hucho , 1. - noun Same as
huke .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb obsolete To higgle in trading.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Ultimate Frisbee To
throw a long way - verb Mountain Biking To gain extra height from a jump by compressing the springs just before the take-off
- verb Mountain Biking To make a maneuver in a clumsy way.
- verb Whitewater Kayaking To paddle off of a
waterfall or toboof a big drop. - verb dated To
haggle in trading. - verb Snowboarding To throw one's self off a large jump or drop
- noun Ultimate Frisbee Long throw, generally at least half a
field or more.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun toweling consisting of coarse absorbent cotton or linen fabric
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
Examples
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April 25th, 2008 4: 54 pm ET huck is a good man, if not the cleverest politician.
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I don't know anyone else who uses the word huck, only you.
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Watching the kid 'huck' a drop-in on a 3ft high by 30 degree ramp was a definate highlight. runner up goes to the last guy trying and failing at one of the easiest flatland tricks out there.
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Crash of different widths and quality furnishes tea towels, "huck," damask and other weaves come in various widths and may be purchased by the yard.
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They didn't buy it - they knew we'd be greeted with flowers, and they know we were out of there in 6 months, and don't try to tell them it didn't pay for itself, 'cause it sure did. joe cantwell says: ot, mike "huck" huckabee is sad.
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'Maybe not so much in the luck as you think, sir,' responded the faithful John, 'I see'd her the moment I come in and set eyes on the sheep, so when we opened the pen I just giv'd her a "huck" with my stick, and out a' run. '"[
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For those who do not understand huck-speak, Vito is going to ride and do his tricks in deep-powder snow.
Analysis: What's next for Shaun White and men's snowboarding?
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But someone can't just say that the cupcake trend is dead when, in any major city, you can't huck a brick without a reasonable chance it will go through the window of the local cupcakery.
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