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Definition of Hulking
1. Adjective. Of great size and bulk. "Three hulking battleships"
Definition of Hulking
1. a. Bulky; unwiedly.
Definition of Hulking
1. Adjective. Large and bulky. ¹
2. Adjective. ''(man)'' Tall and heavily built. ¹
3. Adjective. Unwieldy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hulking
1. hulk [v] - See also: hulk
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hulking
Literary usage of Hulking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopædia of Wit and Humor by Wayne E. Burton (1867)
"Another, a great hulking fellow, with а villanous cast of countenance, exhibited
his leg with a horrible running sore artistically got up for the occasion ..."
2. The Battle of Dorking: Reminiscences of a Volunteer by George Tomkyns Chesney (1871)
"... Gewiss," grunted a hulking lout from the floor, leaning on his elbow, and
sending out a cloud of smoke from his ugly jaws ; " und da sind hier etwa gute ..."
3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"Clumsy, unwieldy, with a sense of 'lazy'; as ' A great hulking fellow.' Common.
Hulks, .>•/>. A'hulking' fellow. 'Keep off me, you great hulks.' Hulky, adj. ..."
4. Cases Decided in the Court of Session by Scotland Court of Session, Patrick Shaw, Scotland, Court of Session (1829)
"... and the hulking-master's mark put thereon; and none are to be entered in the
hulking-master's books until safely landed;" and on examining the ..."
5. A Warwickshire Word-book: Comprising Obsolescent and Dialect Words by G. F. Northall (1896)
"Clumsy, unwieldy, with a sense of 'lazy'; as ' A great hulking fellow.' Common.
... A ' hulking ' fellow. ' Keep off me, you great hulks.' Hulky, adj. ..."
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