bulky

bulky

large and cumbersome; massive; ponderous; unwieldy: The bulky package was hard to maneuver through the door.

Not to be confused with:

balky – pigheaded; contrary; stubborn; obstinate; perverse; mulish: The balky child refused to put on her shoes.

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bulk·y

 (bŭl′kē)

adj. bulk·i·er, bulk·i·est

1. Having considerable bulk; massive.

2. Of large size for its weight: a bulky knit.

3. Clumsy to manage; unwieldy.

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bulk′i·ly adv.

bulk′i·ness n.

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bulky

(ˈbʌlkɪ)

adj, bulkier or bulkiest

very large and massive, esp so as to be unwieldy

ˈbulkily adv

ˈbulkiness n

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bulk•y

(ˈbʌl ki)

adj. bulk•i•er, bulk•i•est.

1. of relatively large and cumbersome bulk or size.

2. (of a fabric or yarn) thick; lofty.

3. made of thick, resilient fabric or yarn.

[1665–75]

bulk′i•ly, adv.

bulk′i•ness, n.

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Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

bulky - of large size for its weight big, large - above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world"

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bulky

adjective large, big, huge, heavy, massive, enormous, substantial, immense, mega (slang), very large, mammoth, colossal, cumbersome, weighty, hulking, unwieldy, ponderous, voluminous, unmanageable, elephantine, massy, ginormous (informal), humongous or humungous (U.S. slang) a bulky man with balding hair
small, slim, neat, convenient, handy, manageable, wieldy

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bulky

adjective

1. Extremely large; having great mass:

massive, oversize, oversized.

2. Having a large body, especially in girth:

heavy, hefty, hulking, hulky, husky, stout.

3. Difficult to handle or manage:

awkward, clumsy, ungainly, unhandy, unmanageable, unwieldy.

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Translations

كَبيرُ الحَجْم، ضَخْم

objemnýveliký

klobigmassigsperrig

ampleétendulargevolumineux

terjedelmes

fyrirferîarmikill

ingombrantevoluminoso

digeruhåndterlig

objemný

zajeten

ağırkocamantaşınması zor

庞大的

bulky

[ˈbʌlkɪ] ADJ (bulkier (compar) (bulkiest (superl))) [parcel] → abultado; [person] → corpulento

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bulky

[ˈbʌlki] adj [thing] → volumineux/euse, encombrant(e); [person] → corpulent(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

bulky

adj (+er)

object → sperrig; book → dick; sweater, spacesuit → unförmig; bulky goods → Sperrgut nt

person → massig, wuchtig

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bulky

[ˈbʌlkɪ] adj → grosso/a, voluminoso/a

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bulk

(balk) noun

1. the greater part. The bulk of his money was spent on food. meerderheid مُعْظَمُ по-голямата част maior parte většina der Großteil størstedel το μεγαλύτερο μέρος από κτ. la mayor parte suurem osa مقدار زیاد؛ حجم بیشتر suurin osa la majeure partie de הַרוֹב थोक veći dio nagyobb része vminek sebagian besar maggior parte di 大部分 큰 부분 didžioji dalis, dauguma lielākā daļa; vairākums bahagian besar grootste deel størstedelen gros ډیر زیاته اندازه، ډیر حجم لرونکی maior parte majoritate большая часть väčšina večji del veliki deo huvuddelen ส่วนใหญ่ büyük kısım 大部分 більшість زیادہ تر حصہ số lượng lớn 大部分

2. (great) size or mass. the bulk of a parcel; His huge bulk appeared round the corner. massa حَجْم، ضَخامَه големина tamanho objem; tělo die Masse størrelse; korpus μεγάλος όγκος masa kogu, mass گندگی؛ حجم massa masse, volumeגודל विशाल mnoštvo tömeg ukuran besar massa 容積 대량 apimtis, dydis (liels) apjoms; apmērs; tilpums saiz besar grote omvang omfang; korpus; svært fyldig kropprozmiar, masa, ciało کثافت vulto masă, volum большие размеры; масса veľkosť; telo masa velika površina volym, omfång ความจุ iri cüsse 體積 маса حجم ، سائز tầm vóc lớn 体积

adjective

in bulk. bulk buying. grootmaat بِالجُمْلَه насипно em lote ve velkém umfangreich i store partier χονδρικόςa granel, en grandes cantidades hulgi بطور عمده؛ به مقدار زیاد tukuittain en gros בְכָמוּת גְדוֹלָה भारी मात्रा में nagomilan nagyban borongan all'ingrosso 大量の 대량의 didmeninis, urminis vairumā; bez iesaiņojuma pembelian pukal in het grooti store partierhurtowy په عمده توګه ، په ډیر مقدار سره em grosso en gros оптовый vo veľkom na veliko na veliko helt parti, partivis จำนวนมาก toptan 大批的 великої кількості زیادہ مقدار میں với số lượng lớn 大批的，散装的

ˈbulky adjective

large in size, awkward to carry etc. a bulky parcel; This is too bulky to send by post. groot, dik كَبيرُ الحَجْم، ضَخْم огромен volumoso objemný, veliký sperrig stor og tung; stor og kraftig ογκώδηςabultado, voluminoso kogukas, suur گنده؛ حجیم suurikokoinen volumineuxגדול, מגושם बड़ा, स्थूल velik terjedelmes berukuran besar, memerlukan tempat banyak voluminoso かさばった 부피가 큰 didžiulis, nepatogus (nešti) liela izmēra, apjoma sangat besar lijvigdiger, uhåndterligduży, nieporęczny لوی په جسامت کی ، حجیم، کثیف volumoso voluminos громоздкий objemný zajeten kabast skrymmande, klumpigt เทอะทะ kocaman, ağır, taşınması zor 龐大的 об'ємистий; громіздкий قد آوار ، جسیم ، موٹا to lớn 庞大的

in bulk

in large quantities. Huge tankers now carry oil in bulk; They like to buy goods in bulk. in grootmaat بِمَقادير كَبيرَه в големи количества em quantidade ve velkém in größerem Umfang i store partier σε μεγάλες ποσότητες, χονδρικώς en grandes cantidades, a granel suurtes kogustes به مقدار زیاد tukuittain en gros בְכָמוּת גְדוֹלָה भारी मात्रा में rasut egy tételben jumlah besar in quantità 大量に 대량으로 dideliais kiekiais, urmu (preču iepirkšana) vairumā; bez iesaiņojuma dalam kuantiti yang besar in het grooti store partier w dużych ilościach په ډیری اندازی سره em quantidade en gros оптом vo veľkom na veliko na veliko som bulklast, i stora partier จำนวนมาก büyük miktarlarda 大量 у великій кількості زیادہ ، تعداد یا مقدار میں số lượng lớn 大量

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