hulk: Palabra del día: May 3, 2021
hulk , n :
(nautical) (archaic) A large ship used for transportation; (more generally) a large ship that is difficult to manoeuvre. (by extension) A non-functional but floating ship, usually stripped of equipment and rigging, and often put to other uses such as accommodation or storage. (figuratively) A large structure with a dominating presence. (figuratively) A big (and possibly clumsy) person. (bodybuilding) An excessively muscled person. hulk v (transitive, nautical) To reduce (a ship) to a non-functional hulk. To temporarily house (goods, people, etc.) in such a hulk. (transitive) To move (a large, hulking body). (intransitive) To be a hulk, that is, a large, hulking, and often imposing presence. (intransitive) Of a (large) person: to act or move slowly and clumsily. [...] (transitive, obsolete except Britain, dialectal) To remove the entrails of; to disembowel. The Marvel Comics superhero Hulk made his debut in the comic book The Incredible Hulk this month in 1962.
(nautical) (archaic) A large ship used for transportation; (more generally) a large ship that is difficult to manoeuvre. (by extension) A non-functional but floating ship, usually stripped of equipment and rigging, and often put to other uses such as accommodation or storage. (figuratively) A large structure with a dominating presence. (figuratively) A big (and possibly clumsy) person. (bodybuilding) An excessively muscled person. hulk v (transitive, nautical) To reduce (a ship) to a non-functional hulk. To temporarily house (goods, people, etc.) in such a hulk. (transitive) To move (a large, hulking body). (intransitive) To be a hulk, that is, a large, hulking, and often imposing presence. (intransitive) Of a (large) person: to act or move slowly and clumsily. [...] (transitive, obsolete except Britain, dialectal) To remove the entrails of; to disembowel. The Marvel Comics superhero Hulk made his debut in the comic book The Incredible Hulk this month in 1962.
