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hockle

[ hok-uhl ]

verb (used without object)

hockled, hockling.
  1. (of a rope) to have the yarns spread and kinked through twisting in use.


noun

  1. the spreading and kinking of the yarns in a rope strand.

hockle

/ ˈɒə /

verb

  1. dialect.
    to spit
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of hockle1

Perhaps hock 1 + -le
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Hockle, hok′l, v.t. to hamstring.

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With a guttural growl we summon up a perfect specimen of hockle before launching it grenade-like to some unseen target across the pavement.

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