noun
huckleberry
HUHKLB-ree
noun
1
A small, dark blue or red berry from certain shrubs related to blueberries.
"We picked huckleberries in the mountains all afternoon."
2
The shrub that produces this berry.
"A row of huckleberry bushes lined the trail."
3
(informal, dated) The right or suitable person for a job.
""I'm your huckleberry" — meaning he was exactly the person for the task."
How to Use Huckleberry
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA small wild berry similar to a blueberry; also an old-fashioned expression for "the right person for the job."
Common pairings
huckleberry pie
wild huckleberries
I'm your huckleberry
Word Forms
huckleberried past tense, huckleberries plural, huckleberries singular
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Etymology
Probably an American alteration of an older English word "hurtleberry," meaning whortleberry — first recorded in American English in the 1660s.