"hulk out" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /hʌlk aʊt/ Audio: En-au-hulk out.ogg [Australia] Forms: hulks out [present, singular, third-person], hulking out [participle, present], hulked out [participle, past], hulked out [past]
Etymology: From Hulk, a fictional character, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby for the Marvel Comics Universe, who gains superhuman strength when he becomes angry. Etymology templates: {{m|en|Hulk}} Hulk Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} hulk out (third-person singular simple present hulks out, present participle hulking out, simple past and past participle hulked out)
  1. (slang) To become enraged in an imposing or intimidating manner. Tags: slang Synonyms (become enraged): lose one's temper
    Sense id: en-hulk_out-en-verb-J09hVY-R Disambiguation of 'become enraged': 97 3
  2. To gain significant muscle mass from exercise. Categories (topical): Anger Synonyms (increase muscle mass): bulk up
    Sense id: en-hulk_out-en-verb-Z~evdlnu Disambiguation of Anger: 4 96 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English phrasal verbs with particle (out), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 14 86 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 83 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (out): 28 72 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 14 86 Disambiguation of 'increase muscle mass': 12 88

Inflected forms

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