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
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.
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).
hulk (third-person singular simple present hulks, present participle hulking, simple past and past participle hulked)
To remove the entrails of; to disembowel.
• Kuhl, kuhl
Hulk
A fictional Marvel Comics character who gains superhuman strength when he becomes angry.
Hulk (plural Hulks)
A person resembling, especially physically, the Hulk in the Marvel Comics Universe.
(by extension) A strongman.
• Kuhl, kuhl
Source: Wiktionary
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. hĂĄlka.]
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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