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Rarehulk
The correct spelling is hulk.
How to pronounce hulk
/hʌlk/
nounIPA: /hʌlk/
Say it like: Hul-k
The correct spelling is hulk. A non-functional but floating ship, usually stripped of rigging and equipment, and often put to other uses such as storage or accommodation. For example: "to hulk a hare"
Usage Examples
“to hulk a hare”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A non-functional but floating ship, usually stripped of rigging and equipment, and often put to other uses such as storage or accommodation.
- 2.Any large ship that is difficult to maneuver.
- 3.A large structure with a dominating presence.
- 4.A big (and possibly clumsy) person.
- 5.An excessively muscled person.
verb
- 1.To reduce (a ship) to a (nonfunctional) hulk.
- 2.To be a hulk, a large (hulking) and often imposing presence.
- 3.To move (one's large, hulking body).
- 4.To remove the entrails of; to disembowel.
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