hut

Meanings

Noun

• A small, simple one-storey dwelling or shelter, often with just one room, and generally built of readily available local materials.
• A small wooden shed.
• A small stack of grain.

Verb

• To provide (someone) with shelter in a hut.
• To take shelter in a hut.
• To stack (sheaves of grain).

Interjection

• Called by the quarterback to prepare the team for a play.

Origin

• From Middle English *hutte, hotte, borrowed from Old French hutte, hute, from Old High German hutta, from Proto-Germanic *hudjǭ, *hudjō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewt-. Cognate with German Hütte, Dutch hut, West Frisian hutte, Saterland Frisian Hutte, Danish hytte, Norwegian Bokmål hytte, Swedish hydda. Related to hide.
• A short, sharp sound of command. Compare hey, hup, etc.