Huk
noun
a member of the Hukbong Mapagpalaya ng Bayan People's Liberation Army, a Communist agrarian revolutionary group in central Luzon in the Philippines.
Huks
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pluralof Huk.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The old scourges of the islands, the Huks, have been so cut up by government raids that they now amount to little more than a Mafia-like bunch of "protection" racketeers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Philippine leaders have managed to contain the dissident Huks with government troops, and the country is geographically safe from anything but a massive foreign invasion by sea.
From Time Magazine Archive
According to Filipino intelligence estimates, at least 176 barrio captains, dozens of mayors, a handful of Congressmen and at least one, possibly two, provincial governors are either Huks or under Huk discipline.
From Time Magazine Archive
Those who failed to follow that route often found themselves siding with a new force in Philippine politics: the Huks.
From Time Magazine Archive
Undoubtedly there were equivalents of grass and shrubs, and seed-bearing and root-propagating vegetation, and Huks would make use of some seeds and roots for food.
From A Matter of Importance by Murray Leinster
