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Meaning of Herc | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/hɝk/

Definitions

  1. Clipping of Hercules; A diminutive of the male given name Hercules.
    abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
  2. A Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft.
    slang

Examples

“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 plane with.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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