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Definition of "hulk" []

  • Nautical A heavy, unwieldy ship. (noun)
  • Nautical The hull of an old, unseaworthy, or wrecked ship. (noun)
  • Nautical An old or unseaworthy ship used as a prison or warehouse. Often used in the plural. (noun)
  • One, such as a person or object, that is bulky, clumsy, or unwieldy. (noun)
  • A wrecked or abandoned shell of a usually large object, such as a building or vehicle. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "hulk" in a sentence
  • "Where the hulk is the only person alive on earth, a hundred years after nuclear fallout, with cockroaches the only things on the planet."
  • "Warner, the former NFL quarterback and a six-foot-plus hulk, is the newbie on this turf."
  • "October 27, 2007 at 1: 43 am why would you want the sentry to lose. .the hulk is kinda the bad guy and almost every superhero is a copy of superman to some degree and at least sentry has EMO problems to make him very interesting hulk should lose and stop killing every body it kinda makes him evil. .hel ost his wife and unborn child so has lot of people live with it"