hucked; hucking; hucks
1
transitive
informal
: to throw or toss
The 6-foot-1 senior hucked the ball around the field with abandon all night, finishing with a school-record 516 yards …—
Doug Drowley
Doug DrowleyFinally one man descends on the fish with a towel and hucks it overboard …—Skip Knowles
Skip Knowles2
transitive + intransitive
informal
: to launch oneself in the air (as from a jump or drop)
… opened up Ski with the Superstars Week a day early when he hucked off a death-defying ledge, pulled his cord and sailed over man-eating cliffs to the lake below—just for kicks.—Troy Hooper
Troy HooperTechnical style had taken a back seat to stunt, with skaters hucking themselves down stairs, risking life, limb and testicles.—Evan Alan Wright
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Verb
Spin your heart out or huck it to flat; the VCS is up for the former and down with the latter.
—Lydia Tanner, Outside Online, 27 May 2022
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“Huck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/huck. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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