shuckle

English

Alternative forms

  • shokel

Etymology

From Yiddish שאָקלען (shoklen). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skukkijaną.

Verb

shuckle (third-person singular simple present shuckles, present participle shuckling, simple past and past participle shuckled)

  1. (Judaism) To sway back and forth during Jewish prayer.

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