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Computers are scary. They're nightmares to fix, lose our stuff, and, on occasion, they crash, producing the blue screen of death. Steve Jobs knew this. He knew that computers were bulky and hernia-inducing and Darth Vader black. He understood the value of declarative design.
Wesley Morris

Meaning of "bulky" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BULKY

bulky  [ˈbʌlkɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BULKY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bulky is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES BULKY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of bulky in the English dictionary

The definition of bulky in the dictionary is very large and massive, esp so as to be unwieldy.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BULKY


alkie
ˈælkɪ
alky
ˈælkɪ
hulky
ˈhʌlkɪ
milky
ˈmɪlkɪ
Mulki
ˈmʊlkɪ
pulque
ˈpʊlkɪ
selkie
ˈsɛlkɪ
silkie
ˈsɪlkɪ
silky
ˈsɪlkɪ
sulky
ˈsʌlkɪ
talcy
ˈtælkɪ
unbulky
ʌnˈbʌlkɪ
whelky
ˈwɛlkɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BULKY

bulk buying
bulk cargo
bulk carrier
bulk large
bulk modulus
bulk purchasing
bulk transport
bulk up
bulk-buy
bulk-buying
bulkage
bulker
bulkhead
bulkier
bulkiest
bulkily
bulkiness
bulking
bulks
bull

WORDS THAT END LIKE BULKY

balky
baulky
chalky
folky
funky
husky
Kentucky
kinky
ky
lucky
rocky
sky
stalky
sticky
Sydney silky
talky
tricky
Vicky
walky-talky
yolky

Synonyms and antonyms of bulky in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BULKY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «bulky» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of bulky

Translation of «bulky» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BULKY

Find out the translation of bulky to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bulky from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bulky» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

大而笨重的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

voluminoso
570 millions of speakers

English

bulky
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भारी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ضخمة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

громоздкие
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

maciço
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভারী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

encombrant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Besar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

sperrig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

かさばった
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

육중한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gedhe banget
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cồng kềnh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பருமனான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अवजड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hantal
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

voluminoso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nieporęczne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

громіздкі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

voluminoase
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ογκώδη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lywige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skrymmande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

klumpete
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bulky

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BULKY»

The term «bulky» is very widely used and occupies the 22.230 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BULKY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bulky

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8 QUOTES WITH «BULKY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word bulky.
1
Scott Michael Foster
I remember having computers at my parents' house growing up. We had different desktop PCs, but my first laptop was an IBM ThinkPad laptop. It was big, bulky, slow and terrible.
2
Waite Hoyt
I went in, and there, in the front room, a converted bedroom, sat the first radio I had ever seen. The equipment was so bulky that it took up one entire wall of the bedroom. The set, which could send or receive signals, was tuned to KDKA in Pittsburgh, and I remember being completely flabbergasted at the thought of sounds coming from that box.
3
Kris Humphries
My whole mindset in training is to be explosive and fast, and I try not to get too big and bulky.
4
Travie McCoy
I'm not a big bulky jewelry dude.
5
Wesley Morris
Computers are scary. They're nightmares to fix, lose our stuff, and, on occasion, they crash, producing the blue screen of death. Steve Jobs knew this. He knew that computers were bulky and hernia-inducing and Darth Vader black. He understood the value of declarative design.
6
Scott Ritter
The most dangerous thing Iraq could have ever had was a nuclear weapon. The nuclear weapon Iraq was trying to build was not deliverable by bomb or ballistic missile. It was a large, bulky device that they hoped to bury and set off to let the world know they had a nuclear weapon. They never achieved that.
7
Channing Tatum
I like to be lean. If I get too bulky I can't move well and I like to move. When I'm not training, I get really round and soft.
8
Serena Williams
I wanted to get really fit. I wanted to lose some weight. So I've been doing Pilates and yoga, trying to lean out my body so I won't be bulky.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BULKY»

Discover the use of bulky in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bulky and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Gorgeous Knitted Afghans: 33 Great Designs for Creative Knitters
5oz/140g = approx 100yd/91m per skein, color #146 Dark Purple (F) 1 skein of Lion Brand Yarn's Chenille Thick <fv Quirk, 91% acrylic/ 9% rayon, super bulky, bulky yarn, 5oz/140g = approx 100yd/9lm per skein, color # 1 32 Olive (G) 1 skein  ...
Fatema Habibur-Rahman, Khadija Habibur-Rahman, Hajera Habibur-Rahman, 2004
2
Waste Management
The percentage of household waste, household-like commercial waste, bulky waste, street sweepings, and open market waste has steadily declined during the same time period. In 1975, this share was 52.8%, two years later 45%, and by ...
Bernd Bilitewski, Georg Härdtle, Klaus Marek, 1996
3
Products in household waste
Bulky waste studies One possibility is to search for target products in the households' bulky waste fraction, which is substantially smaller as compared to the domestic waste. The bulky waste is described as larger pieces of utility goods (i.e. ...
Thomas Lindhqvist, 2009
4
Novel Therapeutic Agents for Prostate Cancer Treatment: ...
Finally, the molecular mechanism for beta-lactam inhibition of PSA was explored using activity assays, MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry and GOLD docking methodology.
Pratap Singh, 2008
5
Kids! Picture Yourself Knitting
Fingering weight, also known as baby weight, is a fine yarn that is ideal for knitting baby gar- Bulky weight (also called chunky weight), as its ments and socks. name implies, is a thick yarn that is growing in popularity. You can use bulky weight ...
maranGraphics Inc., 2009
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YarnPlay at Home: Handknits for Colorful Living
... ARAN/WORSTED AND HEAVY WORSTED WEIGHT 5.5 9 ARAN/WORSTED, HEAVY WORSTED 6 10 CHUNKY/BULKY 6.5 101⁄2 CHUNKY/BULKY AND SUPER BULKY 8 11 CHUNKY/BULKY AND SUPER BULKY 9 13 SUPER BULKY 10 ...
Lisa Shobhana Mason, 2007
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Enzyme Technologies: Metagenomics, Evolution, Biocatalysis ...
For the sake of simplicity, we call these ketones small-bulky ketones; in contrast, bulky-bulky ketones possess two sterically demanding groups larger than ethyl. Although this is an arbitrary differentiation, it allows a simple categorization for ...
Wu-Kuang Yeh, Hsiu-Chiung Yang, James R. McCarthy, 2011
8
Hunt's Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review
Macon and Western, 101 iniles — iron,.6ugar, snll, anil butter, 25 cents, dry- goods, 44 cents per 100 pounds ; grain, 8 cent* per bushel; light bulky merchandise, 9 cents |ier cubic foot through ; one horse, $3 ; four at $4 each ; four wheel ...
Freeman Hunt, Thomas Prentice Kettell, Isaac Smith Homans, 1848
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The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review
Macon and Western, 101 miles—iron, sugar, salt, and butter, 25 cents, dry-goods, 44 cents per 100 pounds; grain, 8 cean per bushel; light bulky merchandise, 9 cents per cubic foot through; one horse, $8; four at $4 each; four wheel carriage,  ...
10
Longer Lasting Products: Alternatives To The Throwaway Society
In addition, a series of telephone interviews were conducted with 99 local authority waste management officers responsible for bulky waste, and 20 furniture and appliance reuse organizations were visited and interviewed in depth. Finally, the ...
Dr Tim Cooper, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BULKY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bulky is used in the context of the following news items.
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An Ipswich man with a giant scrotum desperately needs $100000 for …
His scrotum has got so bulky it's dragging. The weight is tearing his skin,” she said. “His scrotum is below his knees. He can't wash himself or go to the toilet ... «Courier Mail, Jul 15»
2
Is Your Shirt Smarter Than You?
Such products also require bulky removable modules to power the sensors woven into clothing -- although those modules could eventually ... «CNET, Jul 15»
3
Google Glass 2.0: What Google needs to do to avoid a big flop
This is undoubtedly something which Google got wrong with Glass 1.0: the devices was decently-balanced on the nose and ears but bulky and ... «Alphr, Jul 15»
4
Marcia Davis: Young ospreys about to leave their bulky, visible nests
Ospreys aren't shy about their nesting activities, as their bulky nests, built of sticks, are out in the open and highly visible. Tennessee's ospreys ... «Knoxville News Sentinel, Jul 15»
5
Kernersville to have bulky-item pickup
The town will collect bulky items, extra garbage that is bagged and extra recyclables on the regularly scheduled trash pickup day. «Winston-Salem Journal, Jul 15»
6
Bulky waste, electronic collections set for next week
SOUTH WINDSOR — The next bulky waste collection will be during the week of Monday, July 6, on residents' regular trash collection day. «Journal Inquirer, Jul 15»
7
Huge backlog in bulky waste collections in Kirklees
He said the part of the council which collects bulky household items and electrical good mostly free of charge, has not had sufficient resources ... «Huddersfield Examiner, Jun 15»
8
Campaigners call for council rethink over approval of 'bulky, slab …
“Our main concerns are the bulky, slab-like appearance of its four blocks and its 20-storey height, which interferes with protected views.”. «Harrow Times, Jun 15»
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Campaign for Better Harrow Environment calls for council rethink …
“Our main concerns are the bulky, slab-like appearance of its four blocks and its 20-storey height, which interferes with protected views.”. «This is Local London, Jun 15»
10
Oakland's New Recycling Program Offers Expanded Composting …
Also of note, the new waste contracts will expand bulky pickup services to condo and apartment buildings. As I noted in a 2013 cover story on ... «East Bay Express, Jun 15»

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