hulking
Collocations
4ADJ.
fellow, huge
VERB + HULKING
turn
HULKING + NOUN
corduroys, metal, pieces
PREP.
in, through
Definitions
adj
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.
Unwieldy.
noun
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The sand-hills have permanently disappeared from many parts of the coast and have been replaced by clay embankments, timber hulkings, and, during the pre-war years, by mass-concrete stepwork.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — of great size and bulk
- hulky
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
4A hulking shape burst through the doorway and hurtled down the corridor, leaving a maelstrom of air currents in his wake.
WiktionaryThe sand-hills have permanently disappeared from many parts of the coast and have been replaced by clay embankments, timber hulkings, and, during the pre-war years, by mass-concrete stepwork.
WiktionaryAt Western Marine’s shipyard on the edge of the Bay of Bengal, machines shriek and sparks fly as workers turn hulking pieces of metal into gigantic ships.
Tatoeba · #10804106The man was a huge hulking fellow in corduroys, but he did not look the villain by a long shot.
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