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huckling

huckling is the present participle and gerund of huckle.

Meaning of huckle

Verb

huckle (third-person singular simple present huckles, present participle huckling, simple past and past participle huckled)

  1. (Scotland) To apprehend or arrest.
    • He was awakened by a couple of burly police officers and huckled out to a waiting van.2013, Michael Munro, The Crack: The Best of Glasgow Humour

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Questions about huckling

What is huckling the present participle and gerund of?
Huckling is the present participle and gerund of huckle.

Words near huckling in the dictionary

  1. hucklebucked
  2. hucklebucking
  3. hucklebucks
  4. huckled
  5. huckles
  6. huckling
  7. Hucknall
  8. hucks
  9. Huckses
  10. hucksheen
  11. huckshin

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