huckle
/ˈhʌkəl/noun, verb
huckle is spelled H-U-C-K-L-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 136,649th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, huckle means “A bunch or part projecting like the hip” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of huckle is huckles.
How many letters and syllables are in huckle?
| Letters | 6: H-U-C-K-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 20 million words; the 136,649th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is huckle?
Huckle appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 136,649th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce huckle?
- /ˈhʌkəl/
Huckle has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-huckle.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of huckle
- huckles plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- huckling participle, present
- huckled participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does huckle mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
obsoleteThe hip, the haunch.
At what time Don Quixote, who had very much bruis'd his Huckle-bone, with a Hipshot grace approaching the Lady fell upon his Knees […]
- 2
A bunch or part projecting like the hip.
- 3
derogatoryA homosexual man.
verb
- 1
ScotlandTo apprehend or arrest.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does huckle come from?
From huck (from Middle English hoke (“hook”), hokebone, probably so called because of its round shape) + -le. See also hook.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).