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Herc en · NOUN
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/hɜːk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/hɝk/ (General-American)
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(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 plane with. 2017, Mark Bowen, The Telescope in the Ice:
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Herc en · PROPN
Pronunciation
/hɜːk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/hɝk/ (General-American)
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(abbreviation, alt-of, clipping) Clipping of Hercules; A diminutive of the male given name Hercules.