hulk

See also Hulk

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /hʌlk/

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Noun

hulk (plural hulks)

1. An old ship which is no longer in use
2. (archaic) any large ship that is difficult to maneuver
3. A big, (and possibly clumsy) person
4. (bodybuilding): An excessively muscled person

Quotations

large ship, difficult to maneuver

• 1602, Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, act ii, scene 3

  Light boats sail swift, though greater hulks draw deep.

abandoned ship

• 1918, Katherine Mansfield, Prelude, as printed in Selected Stories, Oxford World's Classics (2002), paperback, page 83

  They could see the lighthouse shining on Quarantine Island, and the green lights on the old coal hulks.

Translations

an old ship, no longer in use

French: épave (fr) f.

German: Hulk (de) f., Holk (de) f.

any large ship that is difficult to maneuver

German: Hulk (de) f., Holk (de) f.

a big, (and possibly clumsy) person

Basque: gizonkote (eu)

German: Bulle (de) m., Riese (de) m., Hüne (de)

an excessively muscled person

German: Kraftmensch (de) m., Kraftpaket (de) n., Kraftprotz (de) m., Muskelmann (de) m., Muskelpaket (de) n., Muskelprotz (de) m.

External links

• hulk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia