huckle
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Is huckle a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of huckle?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (obsolete) The hip, the haunch.Examples: "[…] which approves a quick gathering up of his legs withoute pain, his huckle bones round and hidden, […]"; "At what time Don Quixote, who had very much bruis'd his Huckle-bone, with a Hipshot grace approaching the Lady fell upon his Knees […]"; "Next, the hand may be laid upon his huckle-bones, and if the parts there likewise feel firm, round, and plump, it may be safely concluded that he is well fed both externally and internally, — that is, both in flesh and tallow."obsolete
2. (Geordie, derogatory) A homosexual man.Examples: "When moving into our present dwelling some 6 months ago..the puchase^([sic]) of a new bed was of primary importance.The puchase^([sic]) was completed by a right huckle who didn`t realise the importance of the "squeek"^([sic]) factor in the purchase of such an item."; "He’s not! He can’t be! There's never been a huckle in the Osbourne family, and we can trace our lineage all the way back to the Second World War."; "Sorry ! Only into birds. Why not get yourself along to the SOL. Plenty of huckles there."Geordiederogatory
verb (English)
1. (Scotland) To apprehend or arrest.Examples: "He was awakened by a couple of burly police officers and huckled out to a waiting van."; "Then one day when I was at school, police with motorbike helmets came to the door with a big red battering ram and dragged Dad out of his bed while he was sleeping off a massive booze binge and huckled him downtown to read him his rights, throw the damn book at him and charge him for 'aggravated armed robbery'."; "I could huckle your right now for what you've got in that top drawer."Scotland
Definition source: Wiktionary