hoolockPronunciation: /ˈhuːlək/ (also hoolock gibbon)Definition of hoolock noun a gibbon with white eyebrows, the male of which has black fur and the female golden, found from NE India to Burma. Hylobates hoolock, family Hylobatidae Origin: early 19th century: perhaps from Bengali and imitative of its cryhoolock in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of hoolock in the US English dictionary