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hockle

[ hok-uhl ]

verb (used without object)

, hock·led, hock·ling.
  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

/ ˈhɒkəl /

verb

  1. dialect.
    to spit


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Word History and Origins

Origin of hockle1

Perhaps hock 1 + -le

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