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
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April 25th, 2008 4: 54 pm ET huck is a good man, if not the cleverest politician.
Huckabee: 'Presumptuous' to assume Obama agrees with Wright 2008
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I don't know anyone else who uses the word huck, only you.
blog: Over Committer 2008
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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.
Fitment Issues: K.O.P.S. vs. C.O.P.S. BikeSnobNYC 2008
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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.
Textiles and Clothing Kate Heintz Watson
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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? 2010
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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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