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hurkle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hurkle
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

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

Intransitive verb

verb

to cower

verb

To contract, to pull in.

Etymology

Etymology tree Old Norse herpa? Middle English -elen Scots -le Scots hurklebor. English hurkle Borrowed from Scots hurkle.

Usage

Inflected Forms

hurkles (present, singular) hurkling (participle, present) hurkled (participle, past) hurkled (past)

Rhymes With

circle merkel encircle furcal lupercal circumcircle squircle novercal cercal opercle

Questions

What does hurkle mean?
To draw in the parts of the body, especially with pain or cold.
Where does hurkle come from?
Etymology tree Old Norse herpa? Middle English -elen Scots -le Scots hurklebor. English hurkle Borrowed from Scots hurkle.

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