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hutching

hutching is the present participle and gerund of hutch.

Meaning of hutch

Verb

hutch (third-person singular simple present hutches, present participle hutching, simple past and past participle hutched)

  1. (transitive) To hoard or lay up, in a chest.
    • She hutched the all-worshipt ore.1634 October 9 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey...
  2. (transitive) To wash (ore) in a box or jig.
  3. (ambitransitive) To move with a jerk; to hitch.
    • And the mind was very disinclined to hutch out of the crevice and face what must be done. […] He hauled himself out of the crevice and the air was warm so that he undressed to trousers and sweater. […] He hutched himself back against a rock with his legs sprawled apart.1956, William Golding, Pincher Martin

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Questions about hutching

What is hutching the present participle and gerund of?
Hutching is the present participle and gerund of hutch.

Words near hutching in the dictionary

  1. Hutcheson
  2. Hutchesonian
  3. hutchie
  4. hutchies
  5. Hutchin
  6. hutching
  7. hutching up
  8. Hutchings
  9. Hutchins
  10. Hutchinson
  11. Hutchinson County

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