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- [huhlk]
- /hʌlk/
- /hʌlk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [huhlk]
- /hʌlk/
Definitions of hulk word
- noun hulk the body of an old or dismantled ship. 1
- noun hulk a ship specially built to serve as a storehouse, prison, etc., and not for sea service. 1
- noun hulk a clumsy-looking or unwieldy ship or boat. 1
- noun hulk a bulky or unwieldy person, object, or mass. 1
- noun hulk the shell of a wrecked, burned-out, or abandoned vehicle, building, or the like. 1
- verb without object hulk to loom in bulky form; appear as a large, massive bulk (often followed by up): The bus hulked up suddenly over the crest of the hill. 1
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Origin of hulk
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English hulke, Old English hulc; perhaps < Medieval Latin hulcus < Greek holkás trading vessel, orig., towed ship
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Parts of speech for Hulk
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
hulk popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
hulk usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for hulk
noun hulk
- hull — Cordell [kawr-del,, kawr-del] /ˈkɔr dɛl,, kɔrˈdɛl/ (Show IPA), 1871–1955, U.S. statesman: secretary of state 1933–44; Nobel Peace Prize 1945.
- blob — A blob of thick or sticky liquid is a small, often round, amount of it.
- hunk — a large piece or lump; chunk.
- skeleton — Anatomy, Zoology. the bones of a human or an animal considered as a whole, together forming the framework of the body.
- wreck — any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin.
adjective hulk
- well-built — simple past tense and past participle of build.
- massed — a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size: a mass of dough.
- ox — the adult castrated male of the genus Bos, used chiefly as a draft animal.
- solid — having three dimensions (length, breadth, and thickness), as a geometrical body or figure.
- between a rock and a hard place — having to choose between two equally unpleasant alternatives
Antonyms for hulk
noun hulk
- bit — A bit of something is a small part or section of it.
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