Huck definition

hŭk
hucks
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To jump or go off (an object or cliff, for example), as in snowboarding or basejumping.
verb
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To throw or toss.
verb
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Huckaback.
noun
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(informal) To throw or chuck.

He was so angry he hucked the book at my face.

verb
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(Ultimate Frisbee) To throw a long way.
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(mountain biking) To gain extra height from a jump by compressing the springs just before the take-off.

Longer forks make the bike more cumbersome, but you will be able to huck off of more stuff.

If you huck it (the take-off), you'll drop about 20 feet.

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(whitewater kayaking) To paddle off of a waterfall or to boof a big drop.

I hucked a sweet 25 foot waterfall on the Tomata River.

verb
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(dated) To haggle in trading.
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(snowboarding, skiing) To throw oneself off a large jump or drop.

Dude go huck that cornice!

verb
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(Ultimate Frisbee) Long throw, generally at least half a field or more.
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(skiing, snowboarding) A drop or jump off of a cliff or cornice.
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To cause (a vehicle or board such as a skateboard) to leave the ground when executing a jump or stunt.
verb
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To go over or across (an obstacle), especially when executing a stunt.
verb
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(mountain biking) To make a maneuver in a clumsy way.
verb
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To leave the ground when executing a jump or stunt, as on a skateboard.
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Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:
huck
Plural:
hucks

Origin of huck

  • Perhaps akin to hike hoick

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Huck Sentence Examples

  • He was descended from John Aepinus (1499-1553), the first to adopt the Greek form (aipernos) of the family name Hugk or Huck, and a leading theologian and controversialist at the time of the Reformation.

  • The new director of the Melville Lab, Wilhelm Huck, has made a gentle transition from supramolecular chemistry to nanochemistry in recent years.

  • Huck said " Oh ya my father has small pocks, you can see him if you realy want to.

  • But how does Huck reach this epiphany and who did Twain base his character on?

  • Then Tom, Huck and Jim are accidentally kidnaped by a mad inventor and go sailing off in a hot-air balloon.

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