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hucklebucked

hucklebucked is the simple past and past participle of hucklebuck.

Meaning of hucklebuck

Verb

hucklebuck (third-person singular simple present hucklebucks, present participle hucklebucking, simple past and past participle hucklebucked)

  1. To dance the hucklebuck.
    • "We jumped* and boped*
      and stamped around the floor,
      we hucklebucked until my back is sore
      but honey, wont you waltz with me once more*.1948, Paul Williams, "The Hucklebuck", quoted in Jean-Paul Levet, Talkin' That Talk, Soul Bag (1986), page 168
  2. To move quickly, with quick movements and, often, going in circles.
    • Macon hucklebucked eleven flights rather than risk one elevator stare.2005, Adam Mansbach, Angry Black White Boy: The Miscegenation of Macon Detornay, Three Rivers Press, →ISBN, page 151

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Questions about hucklebucked

What is hucklebucked the simple past and past participle of?
Hucklebucked is the simple past and past participle of hucklebuck.

Words near hucklebucked in the dictionary

  1. Huckleberry Finn
  2. huckleberrying
  3. hucklebone
  4. hucklebones
  5. hucklebuck
  6. hucklebucked
  7. hucklebucking
  8. hucklebucks
  9. huckled
  10. huckles
  11. huckling

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