/ˈbʌlki/
OriginFrom Middle English bulki, boulky, equivalent to bulk + -y.
- Being large in size, mass, or volume; big, fat or muscular.
“Action such as this, filmed under great difficulty with a bulky, hand-cranked camera, revealed the possibilities of the movies and was quite startling in those early days.”
“Needless to say, one's seat must be booked in advance and a platoon of urbane officials, one to each door of the train, awaits passengers to usher them to their seats and relieve them of their bulkier”
“The captain did a safety drill. This covered where the emergency position-indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) was located, how to make a mayday call, and where the fire extinguishers were. A crew member d”
- Unwieldy.
- Having excess body mass, especially muscle.
Formsbulkier(comparative) · bulkiest(superlative)