hulking

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hulk·ing

(hŭl′kĭng) also hulk·y (hŭl′kē)

adj.

Unwieldy or bulky; massive.

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hulking

(ˈhʌlkɪŋ)

adj

big and ungainly. Also: hulky

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hulk•ing

(ˈhʌl kɪŋ)

adj.

heavy and clumsy; bulky.

[1690–1700]

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Adj.

hulking - of great size and bulk; "a hulking figure of a man"; "three hulking battleships"

hulky

big, large - above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world"

hulking

adjective ungainly, massive, lumbering, gross, awkward, clumsy, bulky, cumbersome, overgrown, unwieldy, ponderous, clunky (informal), oafish, lumpish, lubberly When I woke up there was a hulking figure staring down at me.

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hulking

adjective

Having a large body, especially in girth:

bulky, heavy, hefty, hulky, husky, stout.

Translations

grosso e goffo massiccio

hulking

[ˈhʌlkɪŋ] ADJ → pesado
a hulking great brute → un hombracho

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hulking

[ˈhʌlkɪŋ] adj → massif/ive

hulking

adj hulking great, great hulking → massig; a great hulking wardrobe → ein Ungetüm nt → von einem Kleiderschrank; a hulking great brute of a man → ein grobschlächtiger, brutaler Kerl; a hulking great brute of a dog → ein scheußliches Ungetüm von einem Hund

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hulking

[ˈhʌlkɪŋ] adj (fam) → mastodontico/a
hulking (great) → grosso/a e goffo/a

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The men said: "Aren't you ashamed of yourself for overloading that poor donkey of yours and your hulking son?"

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that is only a matter of habit; if you get into the habit of being quick it is just as easy as being slow; easier, I should say; in fact it don't agree with my health to be hulking about over a job twice as long as it need take.

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There was a large West Indian, whom nobody came to see, with a mahogany complexion, a woolly head, and an exceedingly dandyfied appearance; there was another hulking boy of three-and-twenty whose education had been neglected and whom Mr.