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

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

Defending champion "Bomber" and his partner Mun Seong Wong, or "MMA," will go up against veterans Chris "Huk" Loranger and "M.C.," whose real name is Jang Min Chul.

From Washington Post • Sep. 21, 2015

Huk replaces his rolling swivel chair with a stationary folding chair and puts a neck pillow down for extra cushion.

From Washington Post • Sep. 21, 2015

To Philippine army intelligence, Ronnie gave a roster of the men and officers in his Huk group, tips on the location of Huk hideouts.

From Time Magazine Archive

Huk replied, "It is possible that we could stay in your time, at least as long as my vision lasts, which might be for as long as I lived."

From The Hohokam Dig by Pratt, Theodore