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huckle

Pronunciation: /ˈhʌkəl/

The English word “huckle” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The hip, the haunch.
  2. A bunch or part projecting like the hip.
  3. A homosexual man.

verb

  1. To apprehend or arrest.

Etymology

From huck (from Middle English hoke (“hook”), hokebone, probably so called because of its round shape) + -le. See also hook.

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