# huck

/ˈhək/ (US) · CEFR C2 · Noun

Source: https://englishreference.com/word/huck
Updated: 2026-05-27

## Definition

a person who is very dishonest or a trickster. It is an old-fashioned word used to describe someone who tries to cheat or fool others.

For teachers: a person who is dishonest, a trickster, or a swindler. Primarily used in the United States and considered archaic or dialectal in modern contexts.

## Examples

- He was a real huck who tried to sell fake gold.
- The old man was known as a huck for his many attempts to con tourists out of their money.
- In the frontier towns of the nineteenth century, a huck was often a traveling salesman who relied on deception to sell inferior goods to unsuspecting residents.

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