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Huck

/hʌk/

(Ultimate Frisbee) A long throw, generally at least half a field in length.

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📖 Definitions of "Huck"

noun

1
(Ultimate Frisbee) A long throw, generally at least half a field in length.
2
A drop or jump off a cliff or cornice.

verb

1
To throw or chuck.
"He was so angry that he hucked the book at my face."
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
(Ultimate Frisbee) To throw a frisbee a long distance.

🔄 Synonyms of "Huck"

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Word	Definition
huckabacknoun	A type of coarse, absorbent cotton or linen fabric used for making towels.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Huck"

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Word	Definition
huckabacknoun	A type of coarse, absorbent cotton or linen fabric used for making towels.
chucknoun	(cooking) Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.
chunknoun	A large or substantial portion of something.
hucksternoun	A peddler or hawker, who sells small items, either door-to-door, from a stall, or in the street.
hurlverb	(transitive) To throw (something) with force.
horknoun	To vomit, cough up.
huckleberrynoun	A small round fruit of a dark blue or red color, of several plants in the related genera Vaccinium and Gaylussacia.
hurtlenoun	(countable, also figuratively) A rapid or uncontrolled movement; a dash, a rush.
shucknoun	The shell or husk, especially of grains (e.g. corn/maize) or nuts (e.g. walnuts).
bungnoun	A stopper, alternative to a cork, often made of rubber, used to prevent fluid passing through the neck of a bottle, vat, a hole in a vessel etc.
chuck upverb	(slang, transitive and intransitive, chiefly British, New Zealand) To vomit; throw up.
haunchnoun	(anatomy) The area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks on one side of a human, primate, or quadruped animal, especially one that can sit on its hindquarters.
hucklebucknoun	A rhythmic dance from the time just prior to rock and roll.
uphurlverb	(transitive) To hurl or cast up.
throwverb	(transitive) To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air.
hiffnoun	(transitive, chiefly New Zealand) To throw (an object) through the air.
outhurlverb	(transitive) To surpass in hurling or throwing.
hunchnoun	A theory, idea, or guess; an intuitive impression that something will happen.
thrillnoun	A trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion; a frisson.
castnoun	An act of throwing.