Meanings
adjectivehulky (comparative hulkier, superlative hulkiest)
comparative hulkier · superlative hulkiest
- Large; hulking.
‘I want to go first and have a round with that hulky fellow who turned to challenge me. It would be a good lesson for him.’
1872, George Eliot, Middlemarch, Book VI, chapter 561 more example
After riding high for two decades, the company that makes the hulky bikes that devoted riders affectionately call Hogs is sputtering.
2009 March 22, Susanna Hamner, “Harley, You’re Not Getting Any Younger”, in New York Times
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