huckle

noun

1. (obsolete)The hip, the haunch.

   “[…] which approves a quick gathering up of his legs withoute pain, his huckle bones round and hidden, […]”

   “At what time Don Quixote, who had very much bruis'd his Huckle-bone, with a Hipshot grace approaching the Lady fell upon his Knees […]”

   “Next, the hand may be laid upon his huckle-bones, and if the parts there likewise feel firm, round, and plump, it may be safely concluded that he is well fed both externally and internally, — that is, both in flesh and tallow.”

2. A bunch or part projecting like the hip.
3. (Geordie, derogatory)A homosexual man.

   “When moving into our present dwelling some 6 months ago..the puchase^([sic]) of a new bed was of primary importance.The puchase^([sic]) was completed by a right huckle who didn`t realise the importance of the "squeek"^([sic]) factor in the purchase of such an item.”

   “He’s not! He can’t be! There's never been a huckle in the Osbourne family, and we can trace our lineage all the way back to the Second World War.”

   “Sorry ! Only into birds. Why not get yourself along to the SOL. Plenty of huckles there.”

verb

1. (Scotland)To apprehend or arrest.

   “He was awakened by a couple of burly police officers and huckled out to a waiting van.”

   “Then one day when I was at school, police with motorbike helmets came to the door with a big red battering ram and dragged Dad out of his bed while he was sleeping off a massive booze binge and huckled him downtown to read him his rights, throw the damn book at him and charge him for 'aggravated armed robbery'.”

   “I could huckle your right now for what you've got in that top drawer.”