An old or unseaworthy ship used as a prison or warehouse. Often used in the plural.
One, such as a person or object, that is bulky, clumsy, or unwieldy.
A wrecked or abandoned shell of a usually large object, such as a building or vehicle.
intr.v.
hulked, hulk·ing, hulks
To appear as a massive or towering form; loom: The big truck hulked out of the fog.
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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