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hulk

[huhlk]
–noun
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.
–verb (used without object)
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.

Origin:
bef. 1000; ME hulke, OE hulc; perh. < ML hulcus < Gk holkás trading vessel, orig., towed ship
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