Huk
[hook]
- a member of the Hukbong Mapagpalaya ng Bayan (People's Liberation Army), a Communist agrarian revolutionary group in central Luzon in the Philippines.
- a member of the Hukbalahap, an anti-Japanese resistance group in central Luzon during World War II.
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Origin of Huk
shortening of Tagalog hukbo army
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I asked Huk if they can stay with us in our time, at least for a while.
The Hohokam DigTheodore Pratt
All, including Huk who left the table, stared with fright at it and at the rifle.
The Hohokam DigTheodore Pratt
At the moment they were already within the Huk home-planet's atmosphere.
A Matter of ImportanceWilliam Fitzgerald Jenkins
So the police matter-of-factly tried to incorporate the Huk culture into the human.
A Matter of ImportanceWilliam Fitzgerald Jenkins
They painstakingly tried to arrange a sub-precinct station on the largest Huk home planet, with Huk cops in charge.
A Matter of ImportanceWilliam Fitzgerald Jenkins