huck

present singular third person hucks · participle present hucking · participle past hucked · past hucked

1. informaltransitiveTo throw or chuck.

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

   2 more examples

   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 and hucked Blooey up there! And bull's-eye!

   2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Rogueport

   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 and huck rocks through the roofs, just to hear the sound it makes.

   2008, Stephen King, A Very Tight Place

   Synonyms: fling, hurl, bung, cast, chuck, chunk, cook, dash

2. To throw oneself off a large jump or drop.
3. To throw one's body in the air, possibly in a way that is ungraceful or lacks skill.
4. transitiveUltimate FrisbeeTo throw a frisbee a long distance.
5. intransitiveUltimate FrisbeeTo make a long throw with the frisbee; to start a point by making such a throw.
6. mountain bikingTo attempt a particularly big jump or drop, often haphazardly.

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

   1 more example

   A longer fork makes the bike more cumbersome, but you will be able to huck more stuff.

7. mountain bikingTo make a maneuver in a clumsy or poorly planned way.
8. transitivewhitewater kayakingTo paddle off a waterfall or to boof a big drop.

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

plural hucks

1. Ultimate FrisbeeA long throw, generally at least half a field in length.
2. hobbiesA drop or jump off a cliff or cornice.

plural hucks

1. dialectalA person's hip.

present singular third person hucks · participle present hucking · participle past hucked · past hucked

1. datedTo haggle in trading.

plural hucks

1. alternativeAlternative form of huq.

plural Hucks

1. A surname.