huck
Plural: hucks
Noun
- A strong, durable fabric with a distinctive weave.
- toweling consisting of coarse absorbent cotton or linen fabric
- A long throw, generally at least half a field in length.
- A drop or jump off a cliff or cornice.
- A person's hip.
Verb
- To throw or chuck.
- To throw oneself off a large jump or drop.
- To throw one's body in the air, possibly in a way that is ungraceful or lacks skill.
- To throw a frisbee a long distance.
- To make a long throw with the frisbee; to start a point by making such a throw.
- To attempt a particularly big jump or drop, often haphazardly.
- To make a maneuver in a clumsy or poorly planned way.
- To paddle off a waterfall or to boof a big drop.
- To haggle in trading.
Examples
- A longer fork makes the bike more cumbersome, but you will be able to huck more stuff.
- He hoped to weave a high-scoring word with the letter HUCK.
- He was so angry that he hucked the book at my face.
- I hucked a sweet 25-foot waterfall on the Tomata River.
- If you huck it (the take-off), you'll drop about 20 feet.
Origin / Etymology
Unknown. Perhaps a variant of chuck or hoick.
Synonyms
huckaback, bung, cast, chuck, chunk, cook, dash, dump, feck, fling, heave, hield, hoy, huck, hurl, hurtle, jerk, launch, lob, peck, peg, pick, pitch, precipitate, project, quoit, shy, skew, slight, sling, thrill, throw, toss, traject, warp, whang, whip, whop, wing
Scrabble Score: 13
huck: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordhuck: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
huck: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary