burly
Dictionary
adjective
- (usually of a man) Large, well-built, and muscular.
"He’s a big, burly rugby player who works as a landscape gardener."
- (East End of London) Great, amazing, unbelievable.
"Kimi Räikkönen is a burly Formula 1 driver."
- (surf culture and/or Southern California) Of large magnitude, either good or bad, and sometimes both.
"That wave was burly! (i.e. large, dangerous and difficult to ride)"
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