Definitions for hulking

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hulking hulk·ing

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IPA: /ˈhʌl kɪŋ/

Hulking is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 99 anagrams from letters in hulking (ghiklnu).

Definitions for hulking

noun

1. the body of an old or dismantled ship.
2. a ship specially built to serve as a storehouse, prison, etc., and not for sea service.
3. a clumsy-looking or unwieldy ship or boat.
4. a bulky or unwieldy person, object, or mass.
5. the shell of a wrecked, burned-out, or abandoned vehicle, building, or the like.

adjective

1. heavy and clumsy; bulky.

verb (used without object)

1. to loom in bulky form; appear as a large, massive bulk (often followed by up):
2. British Dialect. to lounge, slouch, or move in a heavy, loutish manner.

Origin of hulking

First recorded in 1690-1700; hulk + -ing²

Examples for hulking

He sat there staring up in astonishment at Fyfe, hulking over him.

The hulking ruffian roared with pleasant laughter at the sally.

The man who wrote about hulking linebackers nibbling melon in the Texas dusk.

Patinkin imbues Saul with a hulking presence that fills entire rooms.

Who told her John had the fever—a great, strong, hulking fellow like that?

Careless Tom, or hulking Tom (not necessarily in disapproval).

Police Officer Daniel Pantaleo then sought to bring the hulking Garner down by yoking him around the neck.

A hulking defender breaks into the backfield and takes him down with a vicious clothesline tackle.

The beasts are huge, hulking, fast and unpredictable—tons of muscle, horn and thundering hooves.

I feel a hulking slacker and fraud, being home on sick leave.