Huckleberry noun definition and synonyms macmillan. Holliday and originates from his home state of georgia. A small round fruit of a dark blue or red color of several plants in the related genera vaccinium and gaylussacia a shrub growing this. Therefore, i am your huckleberry may well have been spoken to the earps and the statements meaning may be i am your champion. Hill of beans slang for something of trifling value, as in it aint worth a hill of beans. Information and translations of huckleberry in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions resource on the web. So im your huckleberry means im just the man youre looking for. Huckleberrying definition of huckleberrying by the free. Top synonym for huckleberry another word for huckleberry is blueberry. This is the british english definition of huckleberry. Full text of a dictionary of slang and colloquial english. Another theory is that the phrase came from mark twains character of huckleberry finn. Im a huckleberry over your persimmon meant im just a bit better than you. Til im your huckleberry is a rather obscure reference to an arcane american expression, im a huckleberry to your persimmon, meaning im a bit better than you at the skill in question.
Huckleberry boys name meaning, origin, and popularity. The huckleberry and similar species are often confused with the blueberry the names sometimes are used interchangeably, but the fruits are botanically distinct. Their functional effect is to stop us from being truly happy for long. Any of various darkfruited as distinguished from bluefruited blueberries. Definition of is his huckleberry in the idioms dictionary. Oct 29, 2008 personally i think given the context, to change it would not give a true depiction of how it actually was in that era. It was a huckleberry over my persimmon meant it was too difficult or just out of reach. A small round fruit of a dark blue or red color of several plants in the related genera vaccinium and gaylussacia a shrub growing this fruit a small amount. A few modern parents have put it on a birth certificate, including man vs. Huckleberry huck finn is a fictional character in the books the adventures of tom sawyer 1876 and adventures of huckleberry finn 1884, by american author and humorist, mark twain. Huckleberry is a name thats been used by parents who are considering baby names for boys. Looking up the term in a dictionary, i found that in slang it meant special man for the job around 1880, but is now considered archaic. Doc holliday im your huckleberry true west magazine.
Huckleberry finn was portrayed to be 12 or years old, derived from twains boyhood friend, tom blankenship, as ignorant, unwashed, insufficiently fed. Technically the fruit and plant of gaylussacia, but also widely colloquially applied to the closely related blueberry vaccinium. I recently ran into the phrase im your huckleberry in a story about the old west. Also that, throughout the movie tombstone, ike constantly refers to the earps as pimps. A dictionary of modern slang, cant, and vulgar words after wards entitled the.
As a result, huckleberry came to denote idiomatically two things. Huckleberry definition of huckleberry by medical dictionary. Definition of huckleberry in the idioms dictionary. At the same time, dope was also used as a slang term for medicine. But now, with current satellite technology, huckleberry patches can be located from space. What does it mean when someone says ill be your huckleberry. Huckleberry definition of huckleberry by the free dictionary. Hes a great handyman but electrical work is above his huckleberry. Subscribe to our free daily email and get a new idiom video every day. As a last name huckleberry was the 27,625 th most popular name in 2010. Lifting that heavy box is definitely above my huckleberry my arms are too scrawny for that. The name huck means short form of huckleberry and is of american origin.
Slang meaning person of little consequence is attested. Gullible gulls, huckleberry, jumbi, wooden nickels, realtors, and calling a spade a spade. Change your default dictionary to american english. Highgrader in the mining camps of the old west, a highgrader was a man who stole any big nuggets which he saw in the sluice boxes.
Nowdays its usually used as a response to a threat or challenge, as in the movie. The most popular abbreviation for adventures of huckleberry finn is. Huckleberry definition, the darkblue or black edible berry of any of various shrubs belonging to the genus gaylussacia of the heath family. It regained currency as a folk song in the 1940s at the beginning of the american folk music revival and has since become a popular childrens song. Lighter random house, new york, 1997 lists several meanings. Real estate exchanger term meaning a keeper property that would not be traded off without a substantial advantage gained.
But on the other hand the sheer outrage of those whom such words have no real deep rooted pain or meaning to raises another question. There are multiple possible answers to this, but one common belief is that the term huckleberry is idiomatic. Til im your huckleberry is a rather obscure reference to. The definition, example, and related terms listed above have been written and compiled by the slangit team. The name huckleberry is a boys name of english, american origin.
Huckleberry is the 26,868 th most popular name of all time. The commonest huckelberry comes from gaylussacia resinosa. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Gaylussacia baccata, black huckleberry low shrub of the eastern united states bearing shiny black edible fruit. Huckleberry article about huckleberry by the free dictionary.
Crack slang definition of crack slang by the free dictionary. The historical dictionary of american slang which is a multivolume work, has about a third of a column of citations documenting this meaning all through the latter 19th century. A bone to pick, a difficulty to solve, nut to crack, a matter of dispute, something. A bear that has a severe chronic addiction to huckleberries. Scholars believe this was the meaning mark twain had in mind when he named his huckleberry finn character. Huckleberry definition of huckleberry by merriamwebster. Knowing the location of a good huckleberry patch is the most valuable information an avid picker can have. Personally i think given the context, to change it would not give a true depiction of how it actually was in that era. Get free homework help on mark twains adventures of huckleberry finn. Definition and synonyms of huckleberry from the online english dictionary from macmillan education. We are constantly updating our database with new slang terms, acronyms, and abbreviations.
Im a huckleberry over your persimmon meant im better than you. Perhaps this is why the huckleberry inspired many different phrases dating back to the 1800s. The random house historical dictionary of american slang, ho by j. The historical dictionary of american slang which is a multivolume work. Save my huckle screamed mommy as the firefighters attempted to put out the trailer fire started by the meth lab explosion. The name huckleberry means sweet berry and is of american origin. The 411 on words meaning information merriamwebster. Use cliffsnotes the adventures of huckleberry finn study guide today to ace your next test. This slang page is designed to explain what the meaning of huckleberry is. Learn more about slang in popular culture and find links to online american slang dictionaries. Western slang, lingo, and phrases a writers guide to the. First, it denoted a small unit of measure, a tad, as it were, and a person who was a huckleberry could be a small, unimportant person.
The brain has evolved a truly vicious set of negative feedback mechanisms. Huck is a name thats been used by parents who are considering baby names for boys. What does the cowboy slang huckleberry mean answers. Much like a crack addict it will do anything to satiate it huckleberry needs. Crack slang synonyms, crack slang pronunciation, crack slang translation, english dictionary definition of crack slang. Jimmy crack corn or blue tail fly is an american song which first became popular during the rise of blackface minstrelsy in the 1840s through performances by the virginia minstrels. The initial shortlived euphoria of a reinforcer as powerful as crack will be followed by a crash. Finally, by the late 19th century, slang dictionaries defined the phrase as a man needed for a particular purpose.
Huckleberry definition is any of a genus gaylussacia of american shrubs of the heath family. It had nothing to do with the modern meaning of the slang term. Because huckleberries are small, the word huckleberry was often used as a nickname for something small, unimportant, or insignificant. Everybody knows huckleberry finn, the mark twain character named, twain said, for the 19th century slang term for humble. It is a huckleberry above my persimmon to cipher out how i find myself the most popular bookmaker of the day. From 1880 to 2018, the social security administration has recorded 207 babies born with the first name huckleberry in the united. Youre a daisy if you do posted by laura garrett on august 30, 2008 at 12. Im a huckleberry to your persimmon meant im david, youre goliath 2. Identifying huckleberries archives intl wild huckleberry.
This page explains what the slang term huckleberry means. Hill of beans slang for something of trifling value, as. These are located at the end of the regular slang dictionary under a separate heading. Huckleberry definition and meaning collins english dictionary. All the talk about what it meant for doc holliday to say, youre a daisy if you do and what daisy in that time period meant has little to do with the definition of the word daisy or deusy doozy. Huckleberry was commonly used in the 1800s in conjunction with persimmon as a small unit of measure. A set of colorful expressions used in twains novel. Huckleberry definition in the cambridge english dictionary.
Well, the first time this quote shows up in print is in walter noble burns book tombstone in 1928. How many people with the first name huckleberry have been born in the united states. Later, a huckleberry took on the meaning of a sidekick, or a partner lesser in stature or importance to his counterpart. A lowgrowing deciduous shrub vaccinium myrtillus of the heath family native to eurasia and western north america, having edible bluish. Geological survey research ecologist tabitha graves and biologist nate michael mapped out.
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