huck
VerbSubstantivSubstantivVerbSubstantivin Dialogen belegt
- Irland//hʊk//
- //hʌk//
To throw or chuck.
Verb
- 1
umgangssprachlichTo throw or chuck.
He was so angry that he hucked the book at my face.
So I came up with this plan for Blooey to hit that weak spot! All you, man,!" I said. I waited for a pause in the statue's movements and hucked Blooey up there! And bull's-eye!
Mostly these portable toilets are just thin molded plastic […] But at construction sites, we sheet-metal the sides. Cladding, it's called. Otherwise, people come along and punch holes through them. […] Or kids will come along and huck rocks through the roofs, just to hear the sound it makes.
- 2
To throw oneself off a large jump or drop.
- 3
To throw one's body in the air, possibly in a way that is ungraceful or lacks skill.
- 4
To throw a frisbee a long distance.
- 5
To make a long throw with the frisbee; to start a point by making such a throw.
- 6
To attempt a particularly big jump or drop, often haphazardly.
A longer fork makes the bike more cumbersome, but you will be able to huck more stuff.
If you huck it (the take-off), you'll drop about 20 feet.
- 7
To make a maneuver in a clumsy or poorly planned way.
- 8
To paddle off a waterfall or to boof a big drop.
I hucked a sweet 25-foot waterfall on the Tomata River.
Herkunft
Unknown. Perhaps a variant of chuck or hoick.
Substantiv
- 1
A long throw, generally at least half a field in length.
- 2
A drop or jump off a cliff or cornice.
Substantiv
- 1
A person's hip.
Herkunft
Backformation from huckle, or from Middle English hoke (“hook”); compare hokebone (“hip”).
Verb
- 1
veraltendTo haggle in trading.
Herkunft
From Middle English hukken, related to German höken (“to haggle; traffic”).
Substantiv
- 1
Variante von huqAlternative form of huq.
Formen
- Plural
- hucks
- Präteritum
- hucked
- Partizip II
- hucked
- Partizip I
- hucking
- 3. Person Singular
- hucks