hurkle

H4U1R1K5L1E1

verb

To draw in the parts of the body, especially with pain or cold.

OriginScots hurkle ← Old Norse herpa? →
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Meanings

verbhurkle (third-person singular simple present hurkles, present participle hurkling, simple past and past participle hurkled)

present singular third person hurkles · participle present hurkling · participle past hurkled · past hurkled

  1. dialectalintransitiveTo draw in the parts of the body, especially with pain or cold.
  2. to cower
  3. dialectalTo contract, to pull in.

Origin

  1. Old Norseherpa?
  2. Scotshurkle
  3. Englishhurkle

Borrowed from Scots hurkle.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with hurkle

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APA

hurkle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hurkle

MLA

“hurkle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hurkle. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hurkle,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hurkle.

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