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bulky

adjective

  1. large in spatial dimension
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈbʌlki/

adj

Etymology: From Middle English bulki, boulky, equivalent to bulk + -y.

  1. 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 baggage.

  2. Unwieldy.
  3. Having excess body mass, especially muscle.