Definitions for hulk

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Spelling: [huhlk]

IPA: /hʌlk/

Hulk is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 17 anagrams from letters in hulk (hklu).

Definitions for hulk

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)

1. to loom in bulky form; appear as a large, massive bulk (often followed by up):
2. British Dialect. to lounge, slouch, or move in a heavy, loutish manner.

Origin of hulk

before 1000; Middle English hulke, Old English hulc; perhaps Medieval Latin hulcus Greek holkás trading vessel, orig., towed ship

Examples for hulk

Bought her for eight dollars of the feller that owned her, and she was a hulk for sartin then.

He's been aboard this hulk afore, and we made him swim for it that time.

“Now the next thing is to get aboard the hulk,” was Dick's thought.

A long, diagonal cross from Marcelo saw the ball reach hulk, who brought it down to his feet from the top of his monumental chest.

Near at hand was the hulk of the second ship, now a blazing furnace.

Whenever I take a clickbait quiz to determine which of The Avengers I would be, I always game the questions to aim for the hulk.

I just have this personal mental obsession with the hulk being an Asian-American male icon.

hulk has a more prominent role, and I have a more prominent role.

He disallowed a goal scored by hulk that would have given Brazil a 2-1 lead.

He seemed huger than ever with his hulk sinking into the gray darkness behind him.