hulking
/ˈhʌlkɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.50 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Example Sentences
- "A hulking shape burst through the doorway and hurtled down the corridor, leaving a maelstrom of air currents in his wake."
- "The sand-hills have permanently disappeared from many parts of the coast and have been replaced by clay embankments, timber hulkings, and, during the pre-war years, by mass-concrete stepwork."
Etymology
Etymology tree English hulk Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English hulking From hulk + -ing.