"huckle" meaning in English

See huckle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈhʌkəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-huckle.wav Forms: huckles [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌkəl Etymology: From huck (from Middle English hoke (“hook”), hokebone, probably so called because of its round shape) + -le. See also hook. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|hoke||hook}} Middle English hoke (“hook”), {{af|en|-le}} -le Head templates: {{en-noun}} huckle (plural huckles)
  1. (obsolete) The hip, the haunch. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-huckle-en-noun-0ei2Q1ZQ
  2. A bunch or part projecting like the hip.
    Sense id: en-huckle-en-noun-uCR7Qd8L
  3. (Geordie, derogatory) A homosexual man. Tags: Geordie, derogatory Categories (topical): LGBTQ
    Sense id: en-huckle-en-noun-C8NhA3EL Disambiguation of LGBTQ: 6 11 52 31 Categories (other): Geordie English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: huckle bone

Verb

IPA: /ˈhʌkəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-huckle.wav Forms: huckles [present, singular, third-person], huckling [participle, present], huckled [participle, past], huckled [past]
Rhymes: -ʌkəl Etymology: From huck (from Middle English hoke (“hook”), hokebone, probably so called because of its round shape) + -le. See also hook. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|hoke||hook}} Middle English hoke (“hook”), {{af|en|-le}} -le Head templates: {{en-verb}} huckle (third-person singular simple present huckles, present participle huckling, simple past and past participle huckled)
  1. (Scotland) To apprehend or arrest. Tags: Scotland Categories (topical): Body parts
    Sense id: en-huckle-en-verb-aOhxG1FF Disambiguation of Body parts: 22 24 4 50 Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -le, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 23 4 62 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -le: 15 26 4 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 11 13 4 72 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 10 3 79

Inflected forms

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