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We found 5 dictionaries that define the word hurkle:

General (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. hurkle: Merriam-Webster
  2. hurkle: Wordnik
  3. hurkle: Wiktionary

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  1. hurkle: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. hurkle: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hurkle)

▸ verb:  (intransitive) to draw in the parts of the body, especially with pain or cold
▸ verb:  to cower
▸ verb:  (of the limbs) to contract, to pull in

Similar:
hurple, cringe, hurtle, hirple, Shug, cockle, throb, rimple, pucker, hunch, more...

Opposite:
unhurkle, unhunch, straighten

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Similar:
hurple, cringe, hurtle, hirple, Shug, cockle, throb, rimple, pucker, hunch, more...

Opposite:
unhurkle, unhunch, straighten



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