huck

Launch a disc

Huck means to throw something forcefully, often with little regard for precision: He hucked the ball across the field.

In extreme sports, especially skiing and mountain biking, to huck is to launch oneself off a cliff or jump with commitment and perhaps recklessness: She hucked off a twenty-foot drop.

The word suggests bold, sometimes heedless action.

throw

hurl

Throw with great force

  • chuckThrow carelessly or informally
  • flingForceful toss, or tryst
  • tossLight, casual throw

launch · heave · pitch · lob · catapult · sling · propel · send · cast · sky

adventure

cliff

Vertical rock wall

  • jumpPropel oneself airborne
  • sendCause to arrive elsewhere
  • commitBind to a course

gnarly · stunt · daredevil · extreme · risk · guts · audacity · boldness · fearless · reckless

finn

Twain

Archaic word for two

Sawyer · adventure · runaway · river · American · classic · novel · Jim · boyhood · antebellum

textile

toweling

Absorbent fabric for drying

absorbent · cotton · fabric · crash · waffle

Categories
Opposites
THROWING FORCE AND DISTANCE (disc sports)

huckdump

Waste disposal site

swing · touch pass · short pass · dish · reset

COMMITMENT AND RECKLESSNESS (action sports)

huckhesitate

Pause in uncertainty

bail · hold back · play it safe · chicken out · second-guess

force/intensity

hucklob

High-arcing throw or hit

float · feather · soft toss · dink · touch pass

Phrases
Family

huckster, hucked

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G