hulks

noun

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. lumps
  2. losers
  3. brutes
  4. villains
  5. idiots
  6. morons
  7. mutts
  8. beasts
Noun
  • Can turkey tail mushrooms shrink lipomas, the soft, fatty lumps that show up under the skin of countless aging dogs?
    — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 25 June 2026
  • Far from lumps of rock, the trojans, along with DJ and Dinkinesh (which is the Ethiopian name for the Lucy fossil), are windows into the past, and the storytellers of the Earth's most ancient history.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 19 June 2026
Definition of lumps
Noun
  • The semifinal losers will try to muster the energy to put on a show in the third-place game on Saturday.
    — Bob Harkins, New York Times, 16 July 2026
  • Carr’s proposal would largely put the FCC in charge of picking winners and losers on a case-by-case basis.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
Definition of losers
Noun
  • These brutes commonly exceed 50 pounds.
    — Keith Sutton, Outdoor Life, 18 June 2026
  • In Raspail’s tale, hordes of impoverished and dark-​skinned brutes from India descend onto French shores by way of rafts, the first wave of an invasion of the civilized West by the brown-​skinned developing world.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026
Definition of brutes
Noun
  • The Modi government has portrayed the demonstrators as villains.
    — Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 20 July 2026
  • Corey Hawkins, who is also Black, gets more screentime than either and is one of the film’s suitor villains.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of villains
Noun
  • In McBride’s work, collections of idiots and unlikable misfits strive for power and achievement and are inevitably foiled by their own flaws.
    — Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 16 July 2026
  • This isn't the first time athletes have ever had to deal with mean fans, or online trolls, or idiots behind a keyboard.
    — Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2026
Definition of idiots
Noun
  • There are complicated brain-chemistry factors involved that have to do with testosterone, and dopaminergic systems, and kappa-opioid receptors, all of which seem to add up to a Jim Gaffigan joke about how men are morons compared with their wives.
    — McKay Coppins, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The Dilbert principle — traced back to a quote in a 1995 strip — posited that managers and higher-ups are actually successful morons whose stubbornness is confused for real leadership qualities.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2026
Definition of morons
Noun
  • Not that hard to leave the little mutts at home for the grocery store trip.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 26 May 2026
  • For starters, there are the cost savings of getting one of these not-so-in-demand mutts.
    — Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
Definition of mutts
Noun
  • Some of the fiercest beasts of prey in your garden are on your side.
    — Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2026
  • The world drew heavily from the paintings of fantasy illustrator Frank Frazetta, who depicted scenes of barbarians and beasts in conflict, of pulp fiction heroes, femme fatales, and fierce warrior women.
    — Steve Appleford, SPIN, 29 June 2026
Definition of beasts
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