hulks

noun

Definition of hulksnext
plural of hulk
as in lumps
a big clumsy often slow-witted person the team recruited a 6 foot, 5 inch hulk to play offensive tackle

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  1. losers
  2. villains
  3. beasts
Noun
  • Target has emerged as a laggard within what is shaping up to be a field of clear winners and losers for the major retail stocks this year.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Investors are in the final stretch of 2024, and many are moving money from the year’s big winners into the biggest losers.
    Fred Imbert, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of losers
Noun
  • On Foods That Sabotage Your Sleep Tollemache emphasizes that these seven foods aren’t villains.
    Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Tired of seeing Hugh Grant plays villains and creeps?
    Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of villains
Noun
  • In the past, researchers have pinned culpability on the rapidly warming climate, arguing that Pleistocene beasts were unable to adapt as the world climbed out of an ice age.
    Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
  • How much were humans to blame for driving these beasts to extinction?
    Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of beasts
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