Herc

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Herc

/hɝk/ US
/hɜːk/ UK

Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)k

proper noun Hercs

abbreviation, clipping Clipping of Hercules; A diminutive of the male given name Hercules.

noun Hercs

slang A Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft. If a cargoid thinks she might need a big box-end wrench to open the cargo bay or disassemble a large piece of equipment that needs to be removed post-haste from the back of a "Herc" (Hercules transport plane, aka LC-130), she leaves it in the cab of the forklift that she races up to the back of the

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@misc{herc_2026,
  title = {Herc},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/herc},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}