hulking

adj
/ˈhʌlkɪŋ/

Etymology

From hulk + -ing.

  1. inherited from *hulukaz
  2. inherited from *huluk
  3. inherited from hulc — “light ship; heavy, clumsy ship; cabin, hovel, hut
  4. derived from hulk
  5. derived from hulk
  6. inherited from hulk
  7. suffixed as hulking — “hulk + -ing

Definitions

  1. Large and bulky, heavily built

    Large and bulky, heavily built; massive.

    • A hulking shape burst through the doorway and hurtled down the corridor, leaving a maelstrom of air currents in his wake.
  2. Unwieldy.

  3. present participle and gerund of hulk

  4. + 1 more definition
    1. A kind of sloping embankment used as a coastal defence.

      • The sand-hills have permanently disappeared from many parts of the coast and have been replaced by clay embankments, timber hulkings, and, during the pre-war years, by mass-concrete stepwork.

The neighborhood

Derived

hulkingly

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