the body of an old or dismantled ship.

a ship specially built to serve as a storehouse, prison, etc., and not for sea service.

a clumsy-looking or unwieldy ship or boat.

a bulky or unwieldy person, object, or mass.

the shell of a wrecked, burned-out, or abandoned vehicle, building, or the like.

to loom in bulky form; appear as a large, massive bulk (often fol. by up )

The bus hulked up suddenly over the crest of the hill.

British Dialect . to lounge, slouch, or move in a heavy, loutish manner.

noun

bit

noun

blob , body , bulk , chunk , clod , clump , frame , hull , hunk , mass , ruins , shambles , shell , shipwreck , skeleton , wreck , gawk , lout , oaf , ox , clumsy , loom , ship , unwieldy

verb

clump , galumph , lumber , stump