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

Also on the bottle, there’s the Ghost Village motto, “Huk Pang Gun!” It’s something his father always said to him and his siblings, Voraphaychith says: “Love and take care of one another!”

From Seattle Times

The young girl with the pink flowers is Darynka, 8, at the funeral of her father, Yurii Huk, who was killed in eastern Ukraine during a heavy artillery bombardment.

From New York Times

Some shrug off the threat, saying that if there is a strike, everyone will die anyway, said Huk, who worries for his friends.

From Washington Post

Pavlo Huk, who has compiled a similar pack, is kitting out the basements of his home and his workplace, and has rented a house in the countryside, planning to equip it with a generator, food and fuel.

From Washington Post

The family of Yurii Huk, 41, including his daughter, Darynka, 8, his niece and other relatives, during his funeral outside Saints Peter and Paul Garrison Church in Lviv on May 16.

From New York Times