hulk
the body of an old or dismantled ship.
a ship specially built to serve as a storehouse, prison, etc., and not for sea service.
a clumsy-looking or unwieldy ship or boat.
a bulky or unwieldy person, object, or mass.
the shell of a wrecked, burned-out, or abandoned vehicle, building, or the like.
to loom in bulky form; appear as a large, massive bulk (often followed by up): The bus hulked up suddenly over the crest of the hill.
British Dialect. to lounge, slouch, or move in a heavy, loutish manner.
Origin of hulk
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How to use hulk in a sentence
In moments of duress, a different self manifests with acts of destruction: unleashed id in Freudian, or Incredible hulk, terms.
hulk has a more prominent role, and I have a more prominent role.
Jeremy Renner Opens Up About Marriage, His Problems with the Media, and the Future of Hawk-Eye | Marlow Stern | September 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI just have this personal mental obsession with the hulk being an Asian-American male icon.
Model Minority Rage: Why the Hulk Should Be an Asian Guy | Arthur Chu | July 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhenever I take a clickbait quiz to determine which of The Avengers I would be, I always game the questions to aim for the hulk.
Model Minority Rage: Why the Hulk Should Be an Asian Guy | Arthur Chu | July 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe disallowed a goal scored by hulk that would have given Brazil a 2-1 lead.
World Cup 2014 Nail-Biter: Host Country Brazil Defeats Chile on Penalty Kicks | Tunku Varadarajan | June 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
But as no junk-man came, and as no one could be found to care for its now sadly battered hulk, its good riddance became a problem.
The Real Latin Quarter | F. Berkeley SmithA few minutes before she had been a stately three-masted frigate; now she was a helpless hulk.
Stories of Our Naval Heroes | VariousYou've put in good work to-night all right, and saved this old hulk from drifting into harbour.
Menotah | Ernest G. HenhamIt was on such a night that a great black hulk moved like a sable monster through the waters off the coast of Cuba.
Stories of Our Naval Heroes | VariousShe is a dirty commonplace hulk, packed with men in soiled clothes, no longer the radiant white ship of our vision.
Round the Wonderful World | G. E. Mitton
British Dictionary definitions for hulk
/ (hʌlk) /
the body of an abandoned vessel
derogatory a large or unwieldy vessel
derogatory a large ungainly person or thing
(often plural) the frame or hull of a ship, used as a storehouse, etc, or (esp in 19th-century Britain) as a prison
(intr) British informal to move clumsily
(intr often foll by up) to rise massively
Origin of hulk
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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