Hulk Definition

hŭlk
hulked, hulks
noun
hulks
Any ship.
Webster's New World
A big, unwieldy ship.
Webster's New World
The hull of an old, dismantled ship.
Webster's New World
Such a ship used for storage in a port or, earlier, as a prison.
Webster's New World
A big, clumsy person or thing.
Webster's New World
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verb
hulked, hulks
To appear as a massive or towering form; loom.
The big truck hulked out of the fog.
American Heritage
To rise bulkily.
Webster's New World
To move clumsily.
American Heritage
To slouch or lounge about in a heavy, clumsy manner.
Webster's New World

To remove the entrails of; to disembowel.

To hulk a hare.
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pronoun

(comics) A fictional character within the Marvel Comics Universe.

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Other Word Forms of Hulk

Noun

Singular:
hulk
Plural:
hulks

Origin of Hulk

  • The name of a character created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby for the Marvel Comics Universe, it has since entered the everyday English lexicon. The name itself is most likely derived from the same word, hulk, which predates the existence of the character. See the Wikipedia link at the bottom.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English hulc from Medieval Latin hulcus probably from Greek holkas ship that is towed, merchant ship from holkos machine for hauling ships from helkein to pull

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Compare Middle Low German holken to hollow out, and similar Swedish word.

    From Wiktionary

Hulk Sentence Examples

  • After being released from a prison hulk in the Thames he returned to Deeside.

  • Hulk Hogan is asking a judge for his money back.

  • Charging straight for them at a slow speed was the massive hulk of a Behemoth.

  • Beached in the Falklands by a gale off Cape Horn, she became a coal hulk for five years, then rotted.

  • It might be possible to identify the barge hulk being broken up in this picture of Garrett's Barge Breakers.

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Words Starting With

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