huck
/hʌk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.77 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To throw one's body in the air, possibly in a way that is ungraceful or lacks skill.
verb
To make a long throw with the frisbee; to start a point by making such a throw.
Intransitive verb
verb
To attempt a particularly big jump or drop, often haphazardly.
Example Sentences
- "He was so angry that he hucked the book at my face."
- "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!"
- "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."
- "A longer fork makes the bike more cumbersome, but you will be able to huck 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."