huke

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French huque, from Latin huca. Compare huik.

Noun

huke (plural hukes)

  1. (obsolete) An outer garment worn in Europe in the Middle Ages.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for huke in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From the noun huk

Verb

huke (imperative huk, present tense huker, passive hukes, simple past huka or huket or hukte, past participle huka or huket or hukt, present participle hukende)

  1. to hook, to pull in with a hook
  2. to grab, snatch
  3. huke tak (i) - to catch hold (of)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse húka and huk

Verb

huke (imperative huk, present tense huker, passive hukes, simple past huka or huket or hukte, past participle huka or huket or hukt, present participle hukende)

(reflexive) to crouch, squat

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From the noun huk

Verb

huke (present tense hukar, past tense huka, past participle huka, passive infinitive hukast, present participle hukande, imperative huk/huke)

  1. to hook, to pull in with a hook
  2. to grab, snatch
  3. huke tak (i) - to catch hold (of)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse húka and huk

Verb

huke (present tense huker, past tense hukte, past participle hukt, passive infinitive hukast, present participle hukande, imperative huk)

(reflexive) to crouch, squat

References
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