"hulking" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈhʌlkɪŋ/
Etymology: From hulk + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|hulk|-ing|id2=participial}} hulk + -ing Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} hulking (not comparable)
  1. Large and bulky, heavily built; massive. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Size Translations (Large and bulky, heavily built): тромав (tromav) (Bulgarian), неповратлив (nepovratliv) (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-hulking-en-adj-lGWXh2Lg Disambiguation of Size: 100 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'Large and bulky, heavily built': 99 1
  2. Unwieldy. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-hulking-en-adj-wwLw6QKj
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈhʌlkɪŋ/ Forms: hulkings [plural]
Etymology: From hulk + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|hulk|-ing|id2=gerund noun}} hulk + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} hulking (plural hulkings)
  1. A kind of sloping embankment used as a coastal defence. Related terms: hulk
    Sense id: en-hulking-en-noun-GM1HtPew
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈhʌlkɪŋ/
Etymology: From hulk + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|hulk|-ing|id2=participial}} hulk + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} hulking
  1. present participle and gerund of hulk Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: hulk
    Sense id: en-hulking-en-verb-HRAbkaQ7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun), English terms suffixed with -ing (participial) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 1 23 56 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 1 25 59 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun): 12 0 25 63 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (participial): 19 2 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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