Meaning of hucklebuck | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A rhythmic dance from the time just prior to rock and roll.
2. A treat consisting of frozen Kool-Aid served in a dixie cup.
3. A hillbilly or otherwise culturally backwards person.
   derogatory, slang

Examples

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

“It's the dance⟳ you should know⟳, when the lights are down low, / Grab⟳ your baby, then go, do the hucklebuck, do the hucklebuck, / If you don't know⟳ how to do it, boy, you're out of luck, / Push⟳ your partner out, then you hunch your back, / Have⟳ a little movement in your sacroiliac, / Wiggle like⟳ a snake, wobble like⟳ a duck, / That's the way you do it when you do the hucklebuck.”

“I am turtle soup, gator soup, tenderloin catfish, shrimp saute Shrimp Samantha, fried shrimp, stuffed shrimp, peeled ice shrimp, Crabmeat au gratin, berled crab, stuffed crab, Shrimp Newberg, Shrimp etoufeé, Bananas Foster, Hubig’s Pies, Roman”

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

“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.”

“[…] I had a patrolman pull⟳ over a hot roller 'bout two hours ago. One a'them boys in the stolen car opened up on my man, who's in Atlanta General breathing through a tube and, according to the docs, ain't never gonna wake⟳ up. […] If they find⟳ those hucklebucks, I'm gonna have⟳ a hollow-point street dance⟳ on my hands, but in my spare⟳ time, what can I do to serve⟳ my Federal government?"”

“Who? I'm guessing a country singer of some reknown - I have⟳ heard the name⟳ before but I have⟳ no idea what he said or sang. Anyway, I will admit⟳ that when a celebrity with conservative beliefs states his opinion the response is usually more restained,^([sic]) but there's still a response. And a lot of it is of the "he should stick⟳ to singing to hucklebucks / he should stick⟳ to blowing stuff up in movies" type⟳ responses.”

“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.”

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