Hulking - English meaning

adjective

Causing difficulty; hard to do or deal with.

Usage examples:

Some awkward questions

adjective

Of considerable size or extent.

Usage examples:

Her big hazel eyes

verb

Praise or recommend something highly.

Usage examples:

The record's been on the streets a while now, but it's still worth bigging up

noun

The major league in a professional sport.

Usage examples:

The day he made it to the bigs, he forgot every minor league ballpark he ever played in

adjective

Physically strong; muscular.

Usage examples:

A great brawny brute

adjective

Taking up much space; large and unwieldy.

Usage examples:

A bulky carrier bag

adjective

Too big and taking up too much space

Usage examples:

She carried a very bulky package on the bus.

adjective

(of a person) large and strong; heavily built.

Usage examples:

I saw a burly figure approaching

adjective

Awkward in movement or in handling things.

Usage examples:

The cold made his fingers clumsy

adjective

Awkward in movement or manner

Usage examples:

I’m so clumsy – i keep dropping things., he subsequently wrote a letter to the magazine in an admit…

adjective

Of great weight; difficult to lift or move.

Usage examples:

A heavy and bulky load

noun

A thing, such as a vehicle, that is large or heavy of its kind.

Usage examples:

Meanwhile, he is leading the charge at airport to beef up the runway and expand support facilities …

adverb

Heavily.

Usage examples:

Heavy-laden

adjective

Large and heavy.

Usage examples:

A hefty young chap

adjective

Large in amount or size

Usage examples:

A hefty fine/bonus, a hefty steak dinner, a hefty, pink-faced baby

adjective

Extremely large

Usage examples:

A hefty 15.9%/30%/54%, etc. one of the market's star performers announced a hefty $10bn share buyba…

adjective

Of considerable or relatively great size, extent, or capacity.

Usage examples:

Add a large clove of garlic

verb

Enjoy oneself in a lively way with drink or drugs and music.

Usage examples:

He's known in clubland for his capacity for larging it

adverb

Another term for free (sense 2 of the adverb).

adjective

Moving in a slow, heavy, awkward way.

Usage examples:

Bob was a big, lumbering, gentle sort

noun

The action of cutting and preparing forest timber for transport and sale.

Usage examples:

The traditional resource industries of the nation, chiefly fishing and lumbering

verb

Move in a slow, heavy, awkward way.

Usage examples:

A truck lumbered past

adjective

Roughly or clumsily formed or shaped.

Usage examples:

Those large and lumpish hands could produce exquisitely fine work

adjective

Large and heavy or solid.

Usage examples:

A massive rampart of stone

noun

A group of young people from a particular area with a common interest in dance music.

Usage examples:

The bristol massive

adjective

Very large in size, amount, or degree

Usage examples:

A massive building, he took massive doses of vitamin c., she died of a massive heart attack.

adjective

Covered with plants that have been allowed to grow wild.

Usage examples:

The garden was overgrown and deserted

verb

Grow or spread over (something) so as to choke or stifle it.

Usage examples:

The mussels overgrow and smother whatever is underneath

adjective

Having a thick, dense covering of plants growing in a wild way

Usage examples:

The playground is overgrown with weeds., even professor adams looked like an overgrown schoolboy be…

adjective

Slow and clumsy because of great weight.

Usage examples:

A swarthy, ponderous giant of a man

adjective

Slow and awkward because of being very heavy or large, or (esp. of speech or writing) boring and difficult

Usage examples:

A ponderous pace, ponderous dialogue

adjective

(especially of a young person) big and strong.

Usage examples:

They had three strapping sons

noun

Adhesive plaster for binding injured parts of the body.

Usage examples:

Initial treatment options for heel pain caused by plantar fasciitis include anti-inflammatory medic…

verb

Fasten or secure in a specified place or position with a strap.

Usage examples:

I had to strap the bag to my bicycle

adjective

(of a person or their body) strongly and solidly built.

Usage examples:

He had a sturdy, muscular physique

noun

Vertigo in sheep caused by a tapeworm larva encysted in the brain.

adjective

Strong or solid

Usage examples:

That ladder doesn’t look sturdy enough to hold you.

adjective

(of a person or movement) awkward; clumsy.

Usage examples:

An ungainly walk

adjective

Awkward in movement

adjective

Weighing a great deal; heavy.

Usage examples:

A weighty tome

adjective

Important and serious

Usage examples:

They discussed weighty topics like arms control, the middle east, and the federal budget deficit.