חָכַךְ II (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 one’s self against a rough object; to be rubbed. B. Kam. IV, 6 שור שהיה מִתְחַכֵּךְ וכ׳ an ox that scratched himself against a wall; Tosef. ib. IV, 6. B. Kam. 3ᵃ נִתְחַכְּכָה וכ׳ she (the animal) scratched herself against a wall for her gratification (without intention to do injury) &c.—Naz. 59ᵃ, v. supra; a. fr.
Pi. - חִיכֵּךְ (v. חוּךְ II) to hawk; to deride. Gen. R. s. 67 (play on הכי, Gen. XXVII, 36) התחיל מְחַכֵּךְ בגרונו וכ׳ 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.