hulk
noun
- Archaic any ship
- a big, unwieldy ship
- the hull of an old, dismantled ship
- such a ship used for storage in a port or, earlier, as a prison
- a deserted wreck or ruins
- a big, clumsy person or thing
intransitive verb
- to rise bulkily: usually with up
- Dialectal to slouch or lounge about in a heavy, clumsy manner
See hulk in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(hŭlk)
noun- Nautical
a. A heavy, unwieldy ship.
b. The hull of an old, unseaworthy, or wrecked ship.
c. 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.
intransitive verb hulked,
hulk·ing,
hulks - To appear as a massive or towering form; loom: The big truck hulked out of the fog.
- To move clumsily.
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