hulk

Etymology 1
From, , (probably reinforced by , , and , , ), from , from , , from , , equivalent to. Cognate with 🇨🇬 (whence 🇨🇬, modern 🇨🇬), 🇨🇬, dialectal 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬.

Relation to 🇨🇬 is uncertain, as Old English may have borrowed from Latin or vice versa, but the form rather points to borrowing from  (compare 🇨🇬, possibly from 🇨🇬). See more at the Old English entry.

The is derived from the noun.

Noun

 * 1)  A large ship used for transportation;  a large ship that is difficult to manoeuvre.
 * 2)  A non-functional but floating ship, usually stripped of equipment and rigging, and often put to other uses such as accommodation or storage.
 * 3)  A large structure with a dominating presence.
 * 4)  A big (and possibly clumsy) person.
 * 5)  An excessively muscled person.
 * 1)  A large structure with a dominating presence.
 * 2)  A big (and possibly clumsy) person.
 * 3)  An excessively muscled person.
 * 1)  A big (and possibly clumsy) person.
 * 2)  An excessively muscled person.
 * 1)  A big (and possibly clumsy) person.
 * 2)  An excessively muscled person.

Translations

 * Dutch: ,
 * German: ,
 * Macedonian: те́жок брод
 * Swedish:


 * Czech: hulk
 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German: ,
 * Norman: frême
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:


 * Basque: gizonkote
 * Dutch: vleesklomp
 * French: ,
 * German:, ,
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: ме́чка
 * Portuguese:
 * Swedish: ,


 * Dutch:
 * German: Kraftmensch, Kraftpaket, Kraftprotz,, ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish:
 * Russian: ,

Verb

 * 1) To reduce (a ship) to a non-functional hulk.
 * 2) To temporarily house (goods, people, etc.) in such a hulk.
 * 3)  To move (a large, hulking body).
 * 4)  To be a hulk, that is, a large, hulking, and often imposing presence.
 * 5)  Of a (large) person: to act or move slowly and clumsily.
 * 1)  To move (a large, hulking body).
 * 2)  To be a hulk, that is, a large, hulking, and often imposing presence.
 * 3)  Of a (large) person: to act or move slowly and clumsily.
 * 1)  To be a hulk, that is, a large, hulking, and often imposing presence.
 * 2)  Of a (large) person: to act or move slowly and clumsily.
 * 1)  Of a (large) person: to act or move slowly and clumsily.
 * 1)  Of a (large) person: to act or move slowly and clumsily.
 * 1)  Of a (large) person: to act or move slowly and clumsily.
 * 1)  Of a (large) person: to act or move slowly and clumsily.
 * 1)  Of a (large) person: to act or move slowly and clumsily.
 * 1)  Of a (large) person: to act or move slowly and clumsily.

Etymology 2
A variant of, from (compare ), perhaps from , ultimately from ; further etymology uncertain, perhaps either from , or. Compare also 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  To remove the entrails of; to disembowel.