Huk
Americannoun
plural
Huks-
a member of the Hukbong Mapagpalaya ng Bayan People's Liberation Army, a Communist agrarian revolutionary group in central Luzon in the Philippines.
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a member of the Hukbalahap, an anti-Japanese resistance group in central Luzon during World War II.
Etymology
Origin of Huk
Shortening of Tagalog hukbo army
Example Sentences
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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 • Oct. 11, 2022
Huk brings in about $180,000 from competitions and sponsors, such as Monster beverages and HyperX.
From Washington Post • Sep. 21, 2015
Huk plans to eventually transition into "gamecasting," like other famous gamers who have found second careers with popular YouTube channels where they interact with fans and analyze other players.
From Washington Post • Sep. 21, 2015
Last week, in rugged mountains near the border of Bulacan and Quezon Provinces, the Philippine 12th Battalion Combat team surprised a camp of 20 Huk guerrillas.
From Time Magazine Archive
L-4—Descended at Blaavands Huk, Denmark, at beginning of the war, and was burned by its crew.
From Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 by Various
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