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.

Origin of Huk

1
Shortening of Tagalog hukbo army

Words Nearby Huk

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How to use Huk in a sentence

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

    Legends of The Kaw | Carrie de Voe
  • Of all these lodges that you have visited, that lodge at Pa-Huk´ is the head.

    Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales | George Bird Grinnell
  • 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.

    The Hohokam Dig | Theodore Pratt
  • He sat on one chair, and Huk, gingerly holding his aspergill before him as though to protect himself, sat on the other.

    The Hohokam Dig | Theodore Pratt
  • George took a number of photographs, including several of Huk as he sat talking with Sidney.

    The Hohokam Dig | Theodore Pratt