Lucked vs Hucked - What's the difference?
lucked | hucked |
(luck)
Something that happens to someone by chance, a chance occurrence.
A superstitious feeling that brings fortune or success.
success
To succeed by chance.
To rely on luck.
To carry out relying on luck.
(huck)
(Ultimate Frisbee) To throw a long way
(informal) to throw or chuck
(mountain biking) To gain extra height from a jump by compressing the springs just before the take-off
(mountain biking) To make a maneuver in a clumsy way.
(whitewater kayaking) To paddle off of a waterfall or to boof a big drop.
(dated) To haggle in trading.
(snowboarding, skiing) To throw oneself off a large jump or drop.
(Ultimate Frisbee) Long throw, generally at least half a field or more.
(skiing, snowboarding) a drop or jump off of a cliff or cornice
As verbs the difference between lucked and hucked
is that lucked is (luck) while hucked is (huck).lucked
English
Verb
(head)luck
English
Noun
(-)- The raffle is just a matter of luck .
- Sometimes it takes a bit of luck to get success.
- I couldn't believe my luck when I found a fifty dollar bill on the street.
- Gilbert had some bad luck yesterday — he got pick-pocketed and lost fifty dollars.
- He blew on the dice for luck .
- I wish you lots of luck for the exam tomorrow.
- I tried for ages to find a pair of blue suede shoes, but didn't have any luck .
- He has a lot of luck with the ladies, perhaps it is because of his new motorbike.
Synonyms
* fortune (both senses)Derived terms
* bad luck * down on one's luck * good luck * luckless * lucky * lucky break * luck out * luck of the draw * luck of the Irish * luck upon * push one's luck * ride one's luck * run of bad luck * sheer luck * streak of good luckVerb
(en verb)- His plan lucked out.
- No plan. We're just to going to have to luck through.
- Our plan is to luck it through.
hucked
English
Verb
(head)huck
English
Verb
- He was so angry he hucked the book at my face.
- Longer forks make the bike more cumbersome, but you will be able to huck off of more stuff.
- If you huck it (the take-off), you'll drop about 20 feet.
- I hucked a sweet 25 foot waterfall on the Tomata River.
- Dude go huck that cornice!