hockle
[ hok-uh l ]
/ ˈhɒk əl /
verb (used without object), hock·led, hock·ling.
(of a rope) to have the yarns spread and kinked through twisting in use.
noun
the spreading and kinking of the yarns in a rope strand.
Words nearby hockle
hockey,
hockey mom,
hockey skate,
hockey stick,
hocking,
hockle,
hockney,
hockshop,
hocktide,
hocus,
hocus-pocus
British Dictionary definitions for hockle
hockle
/ (ˈhɒkəl) /
verb hockles, hockled or hockling (intr)
Northumbrian dialect
to spit