hulk

hulk  (hlk)

n.

1. 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.

2. One, such as a person or object, that is bulky, clumsy, or unwieldy.

3. A wrecked or abandoned shell of a usually large object, such as a building or vehicle.

intr.v. hulked, hulk·ing, hulks

1. To appear as a massive or towering form; loom: The big truck hulked out of the fog.

2. To move clumsily.

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[Middle English, from Old English hulc, from Medieval Latin hulcus, probably from Greek holkas, ship that is towed, merchant ship, from holkos, machine for hauling ships, from helkein, to pull.]

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hulk [hʌlk]

n

1. (Transport / Nautical Terms) the body of an abandoned vessel

2. (Transport / Nautical Terms) Disparaging a large or unwieldy vessel

3. Disparaging a large ungainly person or thing

4. (Transport / Nautical Terms) (often plural) the frame or hull of a ship, used as a storehouse, etc., or (esp in 19th-century Britain) as a prison

vb

1. (intr) Brit informal to move clumsily

2. (intr; often foll by up) to rise massively

[Old English hulc, from Medieval Latin hulca, from Greek holkas barge, from helkein to tow]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hulk - a very large person; impressive in size or qualities whale, giant, heavyweight large person - a person of greater than average size
	2.	hulk - a ship that has been wrecked and abandoned ship - a vessel that carries passengers or freight
Verb	1.	hulk - appear very large or occupy a commanding position; "The huge sculpture predominates over the fountain"; "Large shadows loomed on the canyon wall" tower, loom, predominate rear, rise, lift - rise up; "The building rose before them"

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hulk

noun wreck, shell, hull, shipwreck, frame I could make out the gutted hulk of the tanker.

Translations

hulk [hʌlk] N

1. (Naut) (= abandoned ship) → casco m (pej) (= clumsy ship) → carraca f

2. (= large, ungainly building) → armatoste m
a great hulk of a man → un gigantón

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hulk [ˈhʌlk] n

(= remains) [ship] → épave f; [car, building] → carcasse f

(= person) → mastodonte m, malabar m

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hulk

n

(Naut: = body of ship) → (Schiffs)rumpf m

(inf: = person) → Hüne m (inf); I followed his big hulk into the room → ich folgte seiner hünenhaften Gestalt ins Zimmer

(= wrecked vehicle) → Wrack nt; (= wrecked building etc) → Ruine f

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hulk [hʌlk] n (abandoned ship) → nave f in disarmo; (building) → costruzione f mastodontica
a great hulk of a man (fam) → un colosso

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hulk [hʌlk] n (abandoned ship) → nave f in disarmo; (building) → costruzione f mastodontica
a great hulk of a man (fam) → un colosso

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hulk

n hulk [halk]

1 the body of an old ship from which everything has been taken away. skeepsromp هَيْكَل سَفينَه مَهْجورَه стар негоден кораб vyřazená loď skrog; vrag der Schiffsrumpf κουφάρι πλοίου casco laevakere لاشه كشتی hylky carcasse גוּף סְפִינָה יְשָנָה टूटा हुआ पुराना जहाज trup broda csupasz hajótest rongsokan kapal aflóga skipsskrokkur carcassa 廃船 (옛날의) 감옥선 laivo griaučiai veca/nederīga kuģa korpuss bangkai kapal romp skipsskrog kadłub wraku casco car­casă (de vas) блокшив vyradená loď opuščen ladijski trup rashodovan brod holk, hulk ลำเรือเก่าที่ไม่มีของแล้ว hurda gemi 廢船 корпус старого корабля, непридатного для плавання پرانے جہاز کا ڈھانچا thân một con tàu cũ 废船

2 something or someone enormous and clumsy. kolos, logge mens شَخصٌ أو شيءٌ ضَخْم أو هائِل едър, тромав човек kolos; kolohnát skrummel schwerfälliger Kerl χοντρομπαλάς, αδέξιος armatoste kohmard غول پیکر köntys mastodonte מְסוּרבָּּל भारी भरकम एवं भद्दा व्यक्ति netko ili nešto veliko i zdepasto nagy darab (ember) sesuatu yang besar beljaki; tröllaukinn hlutur omaccione, (uomo grosso e goffo) かさばったもの 몸집이 육중한 사람, 부피가 큰 물건 gremėzdas lempis bagur log stor og klumpet ting; diger brande coś nieporęcznego, ktoś niezgrabny mostrengo matahală увалень kolos; hromotĺk mastodont; motovilo gromada åbäke, klumpeduns สิ่งของหรือคนที่ใหญ่โตเทอะทะ iri yarı ve hantal, izbandut 巨大笨重的物或人 громадище; одоробало لمبا ، تگڑا، بدزیب آدمی یا شے người to xác 巨大笨重的物或人