Hucklebuck

Quick meaning: Hucklebuck is a noun meaning A rhythmic dance from the time just prior to rock and roll.

Meaning

A rhythmic dance from the time just prior to rock and roll.

More Meanings

1. (New Orleans) A treat consisting of frozen Kool-Aid served in a dixie cup.
2. To dance the hucklebuck.
3. To move quickly, with quick movements and, often, going in circles.
4. (slang, derogatory) A hillbilly or otherwise culturally backwards person.

Example Sentences

1948, Paul Williams, The hucklebuck, quoted in Talkin' that talk (1986), page 168

So, we made soul food, hucklebucks, corn pone, and bread pudding, gumbo, and greyas.

who cares if you did? does it say you're not sophisticated if you voted for a hucklebuck? maybe you have money in petroleum or halliburton.

We waited for the Good Humor ice cream truck to get ice cream on a stick, huckle bucks, popsicles, or vanilla or chocolate ice cream in a small cup.

Word Forms

• hucklebucks
• hucklebucking
• hucklebucked

Related Words

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