hulking

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A third suspect, whom cops described as a hulking, 6-foot-5, 330-pound strong-arm man, also was arrested.

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  1. adjective Unwieldy or bulky; massive.

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  • Rourke is scarcely more recognizable as this over-the-hill palooka than as the hulking, cyber-enhanced mutant shtarke he played in Sin City, but there's still the shadow of his soft-lipped, baby-face smile. —  Dallas Observer | Complete Issue
  • "The Keystone Tower (s) property is now a hulking, abandoned shell causing neighborhood destabilization and obstructing economic-development efforts as an epicenter of criminal activity," the document says. —  dispatch.com: RSS
  • Ciaran Hinds 'grizzled Sergei - with bristly Stalinesque moustache - sits in a corner like a hulking bear and listens to his in-laws' bourgeois nostalgia, giving it short shrift. —  The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
  • Readers Ask: "Is Todd Palin a hulking, lumbering giant of a man?" —  The Gun Toting Liberal
  • Muscle Droids: Were hulking, beetle like Droids that overpowered Jord Dusat on Ingo. —  starwars.com Blogs
 

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/ˈhəlkɪŋ/
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