Etymology

huckle

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Today it means: The hip, the haunch. Full definition →

Middle English hoke
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The story

  1. Middle English · inherited fromhoke“hook”
  2. English todayhuckle

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

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishhoke all →

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