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hulking

[ huhl-king ]

adjective

  1. heavy and clumsy; bulky.

    Synonyms: ponderous, cumbersome, massive



hulking

/ ˈhʌlkɪŋ /

adjective

  1. big and ungainly Alsohulky


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Word History and Origins

Origin of hulking1

First recorded in 1690–1700; hulk + -ing 2

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Example Sentences

Police Officer Daniel Pantaleo then sought to bring the hulking Garner down by yoking him around the neck.

A hulking defender breaks into the backfield and takes him down with a vicious clothesline tackle.

The beasts are huge, hulking, fast and unpredictable—tons of muscle, horn and thundering hooves.

Patinkin imbues Saul with a hulking presence that fills entire rooms.

The man who wrote about hulking linebackers nibbling melon in the Texas dusk.

A Dutchman—what you would call a Swede—a hulking beggar, came up from the fo'c'sle very much the worse for wear.

And I understood how it had come to pass that our hulking old ogre had fallen in love with her so desperately.

Careless Tom, or Hulking Tom (not necessarily in disapproval).

Who told her John had the fever—a great, strong, hulking fellow like that?

Mr. Wansley surveyed in silence the hulking, disordered figure now coming forward from the after companion.

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