HULK

hulk

(noun) a ship that has been wrecked and abandoned

giant, hulk, heavyweight, whale

(noun) a very large person; impressive in size or qualities

loom, tower, predominate, hulk

(verb) appear very large or occupy a commanding position; “The huge sculpture predominates over the fountain”; “Large shadows loomed on the canyon wall”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

hulk (plural hulks)

A non-functional but floating ship, usually stripped of rigging and equipment, and often put to other uses such as storage or accommodation.

(archaic) Any large ship that is difficult to maneuver.

A large structure with a dominating presence.

A big (and possibly clumsy) person.

(bodybuilding) An excessively muscled person.

Verb

hulk (third-person singular simple present hulks, present participle hulking, simple past and past participle hulked)

To reduce (a ship) to a (nonfunctional) hulk.

To be a hulk, a large (hulking) and often imposing presence.

To move (one's large, hulking body).

Etymology 2

Verb

hulk (third-person singular simple present hulks, present participle hulking, simple past and past participle hulked)

To remove the entrails of; to disembowel.

Anagrams

• Kuhl, kuhl

Etymology

Proper noun

Hulk

A fictional Marvel Comics character who gains superhuman strength when he becomes angry.

Noun

Hulk (plural Hulks)

A person resembling, especially physically, the Hulk in the Marvel Comics Universe.

(by extension) A strongman.

Anagrams

• Kuhl, kuhl

Source: Wiktionary

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Hulk, n. Etym: [OE. hulke a heavy ship, AS. hulc a light, swift ship; akin to D. hulk a ship of burden, G. holk, OHG. holcho; perh. fr. LL. holcas, Gr. Wolf, Holcad.]

1. The body of a ship or decked vessel of any kind; esp., the body of an old vessel laid by as unfit for service. "Some well-timbered hulk." Spenser.

2. A heavy ship of clumsy build. Skeat.

3. Anything bulky or unwieldly. Shak. Shear hulk, an old ship fitted with an apparatus to fix or take out the masts of a ship.

– The hulks, old or dismasted ships, formerly used as prisons. [Eng.] Dickens.

Hulk, v. t. Etym: [Cf. MLG. holken to hollow out, Sw. hålka.]

Definition: To take out the entrails of; to disembowel; as, to hulk a hare. [R.] Beau. & Fl.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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