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[ huhl-king ] / ˈhʌl kɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR hulking ON THESAURUS.COM
Origin of hulkingFirst recorded in 1690–1700; hulk + -ing2 SYNONYMS FOR hulkingmassive, cumbersome, ponderous. SEE SYNONYMS FOR hulking ON THESAURUS.COM Words nearby hulkingHula-Hoop, hula-hula, hula skirt, huldre, hulk, hulking, hulky, hull, hullabaloo, hull balance, hull down Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hulkingPolice Officer Daniel Pantaleo then sought to bring the hulking Garner down by yoking him around the neck. Eric Garner Was Just a Number to Them|Michael Daly|December 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST A hulking defender breaks into the backfield and takes him down with a vicious clothesline tackle. Two New Films Preach Our Nation’s Corrosive Gridiron Gospel|Steve Almond|September 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST The beasts are huge, hulking, fast and unpredictable—tons of muscle, horn and thundering hooves. Chicago’s Running of the Bulls|Hampton Stevens|July 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST Patinkin imbues Saul with a hulking presence that fills entire rooms. Give Mandy Patinkin an Emmy Nomination for ‘Homeland,’ Already!|Jason Lynch|July 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The man who wrote about hulking linebackers nibbling melon in the Texas dusk. An Open Letter to Buzz Bissinger|Sean Macaulay|March 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST Beside Sophia, a hulking figure carried a torch to light their way. The Saracen: The Holy War|Robert Shea Turkey seemed to be a hulking clod and Toot was wizened and shrill-voiced and sharp. The Incendiary|W. A. (William Augustine) Leahy They'd better get rid of that hulking young clerk, Bertie Adams, and staff the entire concern with capable women. Mrs. Warren's Daughter|Sir Harry Johnston Over his shoulder I watched the hulking devils go past in sheepish single file with furtive glances at me. Paradise Garden|George Gibbs And in Philip's eyes grew a new admiration for this hulking cousin and enemy, who ate his pride for a woman. The Truce of God|Mary Roberts Rinehart
British Dictionary definitions for hulking
adjectivebig and ungainlyAlso: hulky Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to hulkingbulky, imposing, lumbering, mammoth, towering, gigantic, gargantuan, big, clumsy, colossal, cumbersome, elephantine, enormous, extensive, grand, great, heavy, hefty, huge, immense |