Unknown. Perhaps a variant ofchuck orhoick.
huck (third-person singular simple presenthucks,present participlehucking,simple past and past participlehucked)
- (transitive, informal) Tothrow orchuck.
- Synonyms:fling,hurl;see alsoThesaurus:throw
He was so angry that hehucked the book at my face.
2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America,Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Rogueport: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 andhucked Blooey up there! And bull's-eye!
2008,Stephen King,A Very Tight Place: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 andhuck rocks through the roofs, just to hear the sound it makes.
- To throw oneself off a large jump or drop.
- To throw one's body in the air, possibly in a way that is ungraceful or lacks skill.
- (transitive, Ultimate Frisbee) Tothrow afrisbee a long distance.
- (intransitive, Ultimate Frisbee) To make a long throw with the frisbee; to start a point by making such a throw.
- (mountain biking) To attempt a particularly big jump or drop, often haphazardly.
A longer fork makes the bike more cumbersome, but you will be able tohuck more stuff.
If youhuck it (the take-off), you'll drop about 20 feet.
- (mountain biking) To make a maneuver in a clumsy or poorly planned way.
- (transitive, whitewater kayaking) To paddle off awaterfall or toboof a big drop.
Ihucked a sweet 25-foot waterfall on the Tomata River.
huck (pluralhucks)
- (Ultimate Frisbee) A long throw, generally at least half afield in length.
- (skiing, snowboarding) A drop or jump off a cliff or cornice.
Backformation fromhuckle, or fromMiddle Englishhoke(“hook”); comparehokebone(“hip”).
huck (pluralhucks)
- (dialect) A person'ship.
FromMiddle Englishhukken, related toGermanhöken(“to haggle; traffic”).
huck (third-person singular simple presenthucks,present participlehucking,simple past and past participlehucked)
- (dated) Tohaggle in trading.
FromMiddle Englishhoken. CompareEnglishhook(“to move or go with a sudden turn”).
huck
- tocome
1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, inSONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page84:Huck nigher; y'art scuddeen; fartoo zo hachee?- Come nearer; you're rubbing your back; why so ill tempered?
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor,A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published1867,page84
