hulk
/hʌlk/ verb C2- To reduce (a ship) to a non-functional hulk.
- To temporarily house (goods, people, etc.) in such a hulk.
- To move (a large, hulking body).
- To be a hulk, that is, a large, hulking, and often imposing presence.
- Of a (large) person: to act or move slowly and clumsily.
He/she/it hulks · Past hulked · Past participle hulked · -ing form hulking
Verb forms
- Base form
- hulk
- He/she/it
- hulks
- Past
- hulked
- Past participle
- hulked
- -ing form
- hulking
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