Huk

[ hook ]

noun

, plural Huks.

1. a member of the Hukbong Mapagpalaya ng Bayan People's Liberation Army, a Communist agrarian revolutionary group in central Luzon in the Philippines.
2. a member of the Hukbalahap, an anti-Japanese resistance group in central Luzon during World War II.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Huk¹

Shortening of Tagalog hukbo army

Example Sentences

The principal doctor said that the lodge at Pa-huk´ was the head.

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Of all these lodges that you have visited, that lodge at Pa-huk´ is the head.

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He led Huk to the table set in front of the tent, where he brought out a portable typewriter and opened and set it up.

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He sat on one chair, and Huk, gingerly holding his aspergill before him as though to protect himself, sat on the other.

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George took a number of photographs, including several of Huk as he sat talking with Sidney.

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