To clear one's throat; to cough discreetly.
A word to describe a discreet cough meant to get someone's attention, a sort of "Ahem-hrm-hrm..." at the door, or in response to an awkward situation or topic.
Larry stood in the door and harkled to get his friend's attention.

When the topic of breasts came up, many of the men in the room harkled and some even crossed their legs.

As she leaned in to kiss him, he stammered, harkled, and made and excuse before fleeing.
by Seleuf January 14, 2014
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A way to show affection through intimate actions involving the anus. Originating in the british porngraphy scene of the mid 70's
" The producer asked them to harkle in their adult film, as it is many peoples fetish"
by CtotheB April 15, 2009
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When the daily propaganda by Meghan Markle and Prince Harry shoved down the public's throats, starts to impact one's mental & physical health. Symptoms include, nausea, exhaustion, anxiety, blood pressure increase, and depression when seeing or hearing the lies and misinformation spread by the Harkles PR machine.
Queen Elizabeth's death was accelerated by having a bad case of Harkle Fatigue.
by Sussex Squad Squaddie November 26, 2022
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Harkle farte is a phrase you use to describe someone you know and/or don’t like. An example would be an ex or teacher. This can be used to cover up the real name of the person as to avoid eavesdroppers.
Exampleugh there goes Harkle farte
by Kale07 January 13, 2022
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When you work for a social cause solely because of something you want to change to benefit yourself. Otherwise you wouldn’t do anything to help. You use other people as props for a social “problem” you want changed to stop people from criticizing you or to get credit for something you never actually do, or both.
Meghan Markle: Harry, I’m the most trolled person in the world! Let’s start a foundation and never give money of our own. We just need to attach ourselves to small established charities and then take over their activities and put our name first. That way we give very little to nothing and yet we get all the credit! And for the mental health day, let’s call it a “summit” and get People magazine to say Archewell is hosting it and don’t mention all the real charities that organized this day and worked with the real victims. Act like we are the big donors. And then we can take credit for it, sit on stage with microphones, next to the US Surgeon General & Carson Daly, and pontificate about the topic! We’ll be the best humanitarians in the world & go after all the issues we don’t like. Like people who criticize us on social media or in the press. I mean the 1st Amendment IS bonkers, right?! That’s our brand! Harkle Humanitarianism!”
by Olderwiser64 October 12, 2023
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