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hurkles

hurkles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hurkle.

Meaning of hurkle

Verb

hurkle (third-person singular simple present hurkles, present participle hurkling, simple past and past participle hurkled)

  1. (dialectal, intransitive) To draw in the parts of the body, especially with pain or cold.
  2. to cower
  3. (dialectal) To contract, to pull in.

Questions about hurkles

What is hurkles the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Hurkles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hurkle.

Words near hurkles in the dictionary

  1. hurkle-durkle
  2. hurkle-durkled
  3. hurkle-durkles
  4. hurkle-durkling
  5. hurkled
  6. hurkles
  7. hurkling
  8. hurkura
  9. hurkurah
  10. hurkurahs
  11. hurkuras

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