[huhlk] 
| 1. | the body of an old or dismantled ship. |
| 2. | a ship specially built to serve as a storehouse, prison, etc., and not for sea service. |
| 3. | a clumsy-looking or unwieldy ship or boat. |
| 4. | a bulky or unwieldy person, object, or mass. |
| 5. | the shell of a wrecked, burned-out, or abandoned vehicle, building, or the like. |
| 6. | to loom in bulky form; appear as a large, massive bulk (often fol. by up): The bus hulked up suddenly over the crest of the hill. |
| 7. | British Dialect. to lounge, slouch, or move in a heavy, loutish manner. |
| hulk (hŭlk) n.
[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.] |