huckle English
Noun
( en noun)
(label) The hip, the haunch.
* 1676 , A Way to Get Wealth , Book I, page 5
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* 1687 , The History of the Most Renowned Don Quixote of Mancha and His Trusty Squire (translated by JP), Book II, page 433:
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* 1837 , John French Burke, British husbandry: exhibiting the farming practice , page 392:
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A bunch or part projecting like the hip.
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A homosexual man.
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muckle English
Noun
(-)
(chiefly, Scotland) A great amount.
Derived terms
* many a mickle makes a muckle
Adjective
( en adjective)
(archaic, outside, Northumbria, and, Scotland) Large, massive.
* , song A Pair o Nicky-tams :
- She clorts a muckle piece [sandwich] tae me, wi' different kinds o' jam,
An' tells me ilka nicht that she admires my Nicky Tams.
(archaic, outside, Northumbria, and, Scotland) Much.
Verb
(muckl)
(US, dialectal) To latch onto something with the mouth.
* {{quote-book, 1954, Elizabeth Ogilvie, The Dawning of the Day citation
, passage= And how'd she get such a holt on you, Terence Campion, let alone the way she's muckled onto those Bennetts?}}
* {{quote-book, 2002, William G. Wilkoff, The Maternity Leave Breastfeeding Plan, isbn=0743213459 citation
, passage=Another technique for the baby who is having trouble muckling on involves a breast or nipple shield.}}
* {{quote-book, 2004, William J. Vande Kopple, The Catch: Families, Fishing, and Faith, page=18, isbn=0802826776 citation
, passage=When an exhausted sucker is hauled to the top of The Wall, usually its muckling circle of a mouth goes into a frenzied sucking spasm.}}
(rare) To talk big; to exaggerate.
* {{quote-book, 1896, , The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan , year_published=1941
, passage=I told him all, / Both bad and good; / I bade him call — / He said he would: / I added much — the more I muckled , / The more that chuckling chummy chuckled! }}
Synonyms
* (to talk big) mickle
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