hulky

[huhl-kee]

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adjective, hulk·i·er, hulk·i·est.

hulking.

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Origin of hulky

First recorded in 1775–85; hulk + -y¹

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Related Words

awkward beefy big colossal cumbersome cumbrous enormous gross heavy hefty high hulking husky immense large long mammoth massive ponderous stout

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Once a great, hulky colored boy, who was the torment of the neighborhood, treated me roughly while I was playing on the street.
The Promised Land
Mary Antin