The Collaborative International Dictionary
Huckle \Huc"kle\, n. [Perh. dim. of Prov. E. hucka hook, and so named from its round shape. See Hook.]
The hip; the haunch.
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A bunch or part projecting like the hip. Huckle bone.
The hip bone; the innominate bone.
A small bone of the ankle; astragalus. [R.]
--Udall.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (label en obsolete) The hip, the haunch. 2 A bunch or part projecting like the hip. 3 (label en Geordie pejorative) A homosexual man.
Wikipedia
Huckle may refer to:
- Huckle (surname)
- Mount Huckle, a mainly ice-covered mountain
- Thomas Huckle Weller (born 1915), American virologist
- One of the nicknames of Huckleberry Finn in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- Huckle Cat a children's fictional character from Richard Scarry Books.
People with the surname Huckle:
Huckle is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Adam Huckle (born 1971), former Zimbabwean cricketer
- Alan Huckle (born 1948), British colonial administrator
- James Huckle (born 1990), English sport shooter
- Patrick Huckle (born 1983), German footballer
- Richard Huckle (born 1986), convicted sex offender. Dubbed "Britain's worst paedophile"
- Theodore Huckle, Welsh barrister
- Wilbur Huckle (21st century), minor league baseball player
Usage examples of "huckle".
Jackie knew that there was something she should check on, but she decided to blow off everything else in favor of calling Jason Huckle to see what happened with Jake.
The fourth visitor, Boyd Huckle, who was more valuable to the Chief Executive than his frontal lobes, appeared to be half asleep as cigar ash drifted down to dull the shine on one of his three-hundred-dollars-a-pair cowboy boots.
Boyd Huckle, from his slouched-down position in the cozy armchair, was paying attention now, squinting in fascination past the smouldering tip of his long cigar.
Boyd Huckle, his face shaded from amber to pink by the pretty explosions in the sky, reached with a trembling hand for his cigarettes.
For, as the chaise was coming by the mill, William Huckle, the miller that was, came flying out of the mill like a demented man, crying fire!
Campbell Award, including James Van Pelt, Nalo Hopkinson, Cindy Huckle, and Lyn McConchie.
There are blue, black and huckle berries aplenty, and passion fruit with its lovely purple flowers.
I could call up a couple of uniforms to huckle our man down to St Leonards.
Cajun gumbo, crusty French bread, dandelion-vinegar salad, and some delicious concoction his aunt fancifully called Blueberry Huckle Buckle.
French bread, dandelion-vinegar salad, and some delicious concoction his aunt fancifully called Blueberry Huckle Buckle.
Billy wis sayin thit eh once saw that scruff-boy fae Leith, that Spud Murphy, git huckled fir chorin handbags whin eh thoat nae cunt could see wi the smoke machine oan.