<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,0)">What am I doing this weekend?  Hulking around.  (no, not 'rise massively!) bill w</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><a class="gmail-word_4pc__footer--2yfj3" href="https://www.etymonline.com/word/hulk#etymonline_v_42124" style="box-sizing:border-box;background:transparent;color:rgb(131,0,29);text-decoration-line:initial;text-decoration-color:rgb(131,0,29);outline:none;margin-top:12px;display:inline-flex;width:fit-content;font-weight:700"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Georgia;font-size:14px">Related entries & more</span><span style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:14px"> </span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></a><a class="gmail-word__name--TTbAA gmail-word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" title="Origin and meaning of hulk" href="https://www.etymonline.com/word/hulk#etymonline_v_42124" style="box-sizing:border-box;background:transparent;color:rgb(131,0,29);text-decoration-line:none;outline:0px;margin:0px 0px 5px;font-size:20px;font-weight:700;word-break:break-word;font-family:Georgia">hulk (v.)</a><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:Georgia;font-size:16px">"to be clumsy, unwieldy, or lazy," 1789, from</span><span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:Georgia;font-size:16px"> </span><span class="gmail-crossreference" style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:16px;box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(131,0,29);font-weight:700">hulk</span><span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:Georgia;font-size:16px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:Georgia;font-size:16px">(n.) or a back-formation from</span><span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:Georgia;font-size:16px"> </span><span class="gmail-foreign" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:Georgia;font-size:16px;box-sizing:border-box;font-style:italic">hulking</span><span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:Georgia;font-size:16px">. Meaning "rise massively" is from 1880. Related:</span><span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:Georgia;font-size:16px"> </span><span class="gmail-foreign" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:Georgia;font-size:16px;box-sizing:border-box;font-style:italic">Hulked</span><span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:Georgia;font-size:16px">;</span><span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:Georgia;font-size:16px"> </span><span class="gmail-foreign" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:Georgia;font-size:16px;box-sizing:border-box;font-style:italic">hulking</span><span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:Georgia;font-size:16px">.</span></div></div>