חכך II

חָכַךְII (onomatop.) 1) to be rough; to rub, scratch. Naz.59a מהו לָחוֹךְ how about (removing the hair by) rubbing (Tosaf.: לחוך ולהִתְחַכֵּךְ about rubbing or being rubbed)? 2) (cmp. חָרַט, a. חַיָּיךְ) to hesitate. Ned.I, 1 היה חוֹכֵךְ בזה להחמיר had some hesitation about deciding in favor of greater stringency (for the expression מנודה; oth. opin. in R. N. to Bab. ib. 7a: denom. of חֵךְ had a taste for &c). Hithpa. הִתְחַכִּךְ, Nithpa. נִתְחַכֵּךְ to rub ones self against a rough object; to be rubbed. B. Kam.IV, 6 שור שהיה מִתְחַכֵּךְוכ׳ an ox that scratched himself against a wall; Tosef. ib. IV, 6. B. Kam.3a נִתְחַכְּכָהוכ׳ she (the animal) scratched herself against a wall for her gratification (without intention to do injury) Naz.59a, v. supra; a. fr. Pi. חִיכֵּךְ (v. חוּךְ II) to hawk; to deride. Gen. R. s. 67 (play on הכי, Gen. 27:36) התחיל מְחַכֵּךְ בגרונווכ׳ he began to hawk with his throat (to express contempt), like one that hawks and spits; Tanḥ. Ki Thetsé 10; Pesik. Zakh., p. 27b>, v. זְמוֹרָה; (Ar. ed. Koh. s. v. זמר: חִיכְחֵךְ, Pilp.Cmp. כָּחַח.