hulk off
C1 informal intransitive
In simple words
Walk away from a place in a big, heavy, angry way.
Literal meaning: To move like the Hulk — lumbering away heavily.
Meanings
1 C1
idiomatic
informal
To leave a place with heavy, angry, lumbering strides, like a large and powerful person in a bad mood.
"After the referee's decision, the player just hulked off the pitch without speaking to anyone."
Usage notes
Rare and very informal. Evokes the image of the Marvel character the Hulk — large, angry, and physically imposing. Used to describe someone storming off with heavy, powerful strides. Most readers will understand it as a pop-culture reference.
Commonly used with
stage room field pitch crowd
Forms
Base
hulk off
I/you/we/they
3rd person
hulks off
he/she/it
Past simple
hulked off
yesterday
Past participle
hulked off
have + pp
-ing form
hulking off
continuous
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