Huk

American  

[hook] / huk /

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.

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Etymology

Origin of Huk

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

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

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

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

In July, when Ryanair said its profits in the quarter had been hit by higher wage costs, it also warned that hUK investors may lose their voting rights in the event of a hard Brexit.

From BBC