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Hulk Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Hulk? [n] a ship that has been wrecked and abandoned [n] a very large person; impressive in size or qualities [v] appear very large or occupy a commanding position; "The huge sculpture predominates over the fountain"; "Large shadows loomed on the canyon wall" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Hulk: giant \| heavyweight \| loom \| predominate \| tower \| whale Related Terms \| Find terms related to Hulk: anatomy \| argosy \| bark \| boat \| body \| bones \| bottom \| bucket \| carcass \| clay \| clod \| corpus \| craft \| derelict \| figure \| flesh \| form \| frame \| galoot \| hooker \| hull \| jumbo \| keel \| klutz \| leviathan \| lout \| material body \| mere wreck \| nervous wreck \| oaf \| ox \| packet \| person \| physical body \| physique \| rattletrap \| ruin \| ruins \| shell \| ship \| shipwreck \| skeleton \| soma \| thumper \| torso \| trunk \| tub \| vessel \| watercraft \| whale \| whopper \| wreck See Also \| large person \| lift \| rear \| rise \| ship Hulk In Webster's Dictionary \Hulk\, n. [OE. hulke a heavy ship, AS. hulc a light, swift ship; akin to D. hulk a ship of burden, G. holk, OHG. holcho; perh. fr. LL. holcas, Gr. ?, prop., a ship which is towed, fr. ? to draw, drag, tow. Cf. {Wolf}, {Holcad}.] 1. The body of a ship or decked vessel of any kind; esp., the body of an old vessel laid by as unfit for service. ``Some well-timbered hulk.'' --Spenser. 2. A heavy ship of clumsy build. --Skeat. 3. Anything bulky or unwieldly. --Shak. {Shear hulk}, an old ship fitted with an apparatus to fix or take out the masts of a ship. {The hulks}, old or dismasted ships, formerly used as prisons. [Eng.] --Dickens. \Hulk\, v. t. [Cf. MLG. holken to hollow out, Sw. h[*a]lka.] To take out the entrails of; to disembowel; as, to hulk a hare. [R.] --Beau. & Fl.

Hulk Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hulk?

[n] a ship that has been wrecked and abandoned
[n] a very large person; impressive in size or qualities
[v] appear very large or occupy a commanding position; "The huge sculpture predominates over the fountain"; "Large shadows loomed on the canyon wall"

Hulk In Webster's Dictionary

\Hulk\, n. [OE. hulke a heavy ship, AS. hulc a light, swift
ship; akin to D. hulk a ship of burden, G. holk, OHG. holcho;
perh. fr. LL. holcas, Gr. ?, prop., a ship which is towed,
fr. ? to draw, drag, tow. Cf. {Wolf}, {Holcad}.]
1. The body of a ship or decked vessel of any kind; esp., the
   body of an old vessel laid by as unfit for service. ``Some
   well-timbered hulk.'' --Spenser.

2. A heavy ship of clumsy build. --Skeat.

3. Anything bulky or unwieldly. --Shak.

{Shear hulk}, an old ship fitted with an apparatus to fix or
   take out the masts of a ship.

{The hulks}, old or dismasted ships, formerly used as
   prisons. [Eng.] --Dickens.


\Hulk\, v. t. [Cf. MLG. holken to hollow out, Sw.
h[*a]lka.]
To take out the entrails of; to disembowel; as, to hulk a
hare. [R.] --Beau. & Fl.

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