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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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hulk   (hŭlk)   
n.  
  1. Nautical

    1. A heavy, unwieldy ship.

    2. The hull of an old, unseaworthy, or wrecked ship.

    3. An old or unseaworthy ship used as a prison or warehouse. Often used in the plural.

  2. One, such as a person or object, that is bulky, clumsy, or unwieldy.

  3. A wrecked or abandoned shell of a usually large object, such as a building or vehicle.

intr.v.   hulked, hulk·ing, hulks
  1. To appear as a massive or towering form; loom: The big truck hulked out of the fog.

  2. To move clumsily.


[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.]
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hulk 
O.E. hulc "light, fast ship" (but in M.E. a heavy, unwieldy one), probably from O.Du. hulke and M.L. hulcus, from Gk. holkas "merchant ship," lit. "ship that is towed." Meaning "body of an old, worn-out ship" is first recorded 1671. The Hulks ("Great Expectations") were old ships used as prisons. Sense of "big, clumsy person" is first recorded 1597. The verb meaning "to go about in a hulking manner" is from 1793.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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