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shuckle

shuckle verb: to sway back and forth during Jewish prayer.

Verb

shuckle (third-person singular simple present shuckles, present participle shuckling, simple past and past participle shuckled)

  1. (Judaism) To sway back and forth during Jewish prayer.
    • Jewish students and rabbis don't get enough exercise. Therefore, they shuckle when they study and pray in order to get some badly needed exercise!2000, David Golinkin, “Why Do Jews Sway When They Pray”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 3, page 27

Forms of shuckle

third-person singular presentshuckles
present participleshuckling
past participleshuckled
pastshuckled
alternative formshokel

Origin of shuckle

From Yiddish שאָקלען (shoklen). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skukkijaną.

Questions about shuckle

What does shuckle mean?
Shuckle means to sway back and forth during Jewish prayer.
What part of speech is shuckle?
Shuckle is a verb.
What is the past tense of shuckle?
The past tense of shuckle is shuckled.

Words near shuckle in the dictionary

  1. shucking knife
  2. shucking knives
  3. shucking off
  4. shuckings
  5. shuckish
  6. shuckle
  7. shuckled
  8. shuckles
  9. shuckling
  10. shucks
  11. shucks and jives

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