Verb
(third-person singular simple present hurkles, present participle hurkling, simple past and past participle hurkled)
- (intransitive) to draw in the parts of the body, especially with pain or cold
- to cower
- (of the limbs) to contract, to pull in
Origin
A word of unknown origin, perhaps cognate with hirple or Dutch hurken 'to squat', plus the suffix -le.
