hulking

UK /ˈhʌlkɪŋ/ US /ˈhʌlkɪŋ/
adj 2noun 1

Definitions

adj

1

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.

noun

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The sand-hills have permanently disappeared from many parts of the coast and have been replaced by clay embankments, timber hulkings, and, during the pre-war years, by mass-concrete stepwork.

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