hockle

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noun

A knob in cordage caused by twisting against the lay.

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Meanings

hockle1

nounhockle (plural hockles)

plural hockles

  1. A knob in cordage caused by twisting against the lay.
verbhockle (third-person singular simple present hockles, present participle hockling, simple past and past participle hockled)

present singular third person hockles · participle present hockling · participle past hockled · past hockled

  1. To damage cordage by twisting against the lay.

hockle2

verbhockle (third-person singular simple present hockles, present participle hockling, simple past and past participle hockled)

present singular third person hockles · participle present hockling · participle past hockled · past hockled

  1. transitiveto disable by cutting the tendons of the ham.

    Synonyms: hamstring, hock, hough

  2. transitiveTo mow, as stubble.

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nounhockle (uncountable)
  1. Geordieuncountablevulgarspit, spittle
verbhockle (third-person singular simple present hockles, present participle hocklin, simple past and past participle hockled)

present singular third person hockles · participle present hocklin · participle past hockled · past hockled

  1. GeordieTo spit.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbto disable by cutting the tendons of the ham.

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hamstringhockhough

Origin

hockle · noun, verb

Probably from hackle, a brush once used for fraying flax, and related to heckle (“to tease”).

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hockle · verb

From imperfect and past participle hockled; from present participle and verbal noun hockling. From hock.

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hockle · noun, verb

Probably onomatopoeic.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

hockle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hockle

MLA

“hockle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hockle. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hockle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hockle.

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