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Meaning of hulking

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hulking

Pronunciation:/ˈhʌlkɪŋ/

verb

Definitions

  1. To reduce (a ship) to a (nonfunctional) hulk.

  2. To be a hulk, a large (hulking) and often imposing presence.

  3. To move (one's large, hulking body).

verb

Definitions

  1. To remove the entrails of; to disembowel.

    Example: to hulk a hare

noun

Definitions

  1. A kind of sloping embankment used as a coastal defence.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Large and bulky, heavily built; massive.

  2. Unwieldy.