Burly

Word BURLY
Character 5
Hyphenation bur ly
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Burly"

What do we mean by burly?

Heavy, strong, and muscular; husky. synonym: muscular. adjective

To make burly; cause to bulge out.

Having burls or excrescent knots: as, a burly tree.

Great in bodily size; bulky; large; stout: formerly used of things, but now only of persons, and implying some degree of coarseness.

Boisterous; loud.

Synonyms Massive, Ponderous, etc. See bulky.

Having a large, strong, or gross body; stout; lusty; -- now used chiefly of human beings, but formerly of animals, in the sense of stately or beautiful, and of inanimate things that were huge and bulky. adjective

Coarse and rough; boisterous. adjective

Large, well-built, and muscular. adjective

Originating from the east end of London, England. An expressive term to mean something is good, awesome, amazing, unbelievable. e.g That goal was burly, or Räikkönen is a burly Formula 1 driver. adjective

Originating from surfer culture and/or Southern California. An expressive term to mean something is of large magnitude, either good or bad, and sometimes both. e.g. "That wave was burly!" (meaning it was large, dangerous and difficult to ride). "This hike is going to be burly, but worth it because there is good body surfing at that beach." (meaning the hike is going to be hard work). adjective

Muscular and heavily built adjective

(usually of a man) Large, well-built, and muscular.

(East End of London) Great, amazing, unbelievable.

(surf culture and/or Southern California) Of large magnitude, either good or bad, and sometimes both.

To have huge muscles and is tough as nails. Urban Dictionary

To convey in an ebonics tone that an activity has either just started, or is yet to begin. Urban Dictionary

The city of Burlington (specifically Burlington, Ontario, Canada). Urban Dictionary

A descritive word, emphasising phattness in an activity, for example, skateboarding, or other similar sports. Urban Dictionary

Combination beautiful and gnarly-- burly Urban Dictionary

Strong,bomb and nuke proof Urban Dictionary

If you play Ingress and doing Mission mosaiques there, a Burli means, that you undeliberatly mix up the regular order of the individual missions. As a result you have a broken image showing up in your Player profile. Urban Dictionary

To be lumberjack like. MUST HAVE FACIAL HAIR and be somewhat muscular. Burly people are usually very nice. Burly people arent skinny, they have meat on their bones. Urban Dictionary

When you lay down in your bed totally drunk and you feel as if the world is spinning. Urban Dictionary

Hufty without that touch of oomph Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Burly

  • Antonyms for burly
  • Burly antonyms not found!

The word "burly" in example sentences

There is no doubt in my mind that the word burly isn't interchangeable with the terms cut or svelte. ❋ Tom Gerdy (2010)

She has managed to get in a barroom brawl, threatened to shoot a mayoral staffer as well as have him beaten up, and twice called a burly and bald fellow council member “Shrek” during a public hearing. ❋ MATT LABASH (2010)

That was 25 years ago, but I still recall the burly driver eying me in the rear-view mirror as we idled at a red light on Michigan Avenue. ❋ Unknown (2008)

That was 25 years ago, but I still recall the burly driv ... ❋ Unknown (2008)

“Hey, you kids!” called a burly man on another day when we were only watchin. ❋ V.C Andrews (1981)

It was a different type of tobacco that they worked in; the tobacco was called burly tobacco. ❋ Unknown (1979)

At the mention of the prison term the burly Xavier moved uneasily upon the bunk. ❋ Unknown (1921)

Living this way Jack was, of course, known to everybody -- as well known as the burly parson, the tall policeman, and the lazy girl who acted as postman and strolled about the parish once a day delivering the letters. ❋ Unknown (1881)

The broad-shouldered Gaines, who could easily be described as burly, remembers friends in Laurelton/Cambria Heights/South Jamaica, Queens neighborhoods of his youth "We moved around a lot," he said asking if he was headed to football practice, when he was on his way to dance rehearsal. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Al-Murisi, described as a burly man, got up from his seat near the back of the plane and "walked briskly" toward the front, where he began yelling and tried to open the cockpit door by turning the handle, police and witnesses said. ❋ Unknown (2011)

dude, my [chevy] is the most burly thing ever, its had like [20] wrecks and its still going. nothing can [penetrate] it. ❋ Zeonic Freak (2004)

Hey man, what's [the score]? Nothin', cuz they just burly started. [I'm hungry], what's to eat? We just burly [grillin'] ❋ Malignantpoodle (2007)

"[Oi], there's a show in the [Burly] this [Friday]." ❋ The Pollylu (2004)

"Did you see [Burly] Chalres [crank that] phat seven [stair]?" "yes, rather [burly] indeed." ❋ Chazbanga (2003)

that [broad] was [burly man] ❋ Durin (2004)

burly [banshee] morphone ❋ Matt (2003)

Oh no, [I made a mistake], now I‘[ve] got a Burli in my [Profile] ❋ N0xx (2018)

[Ivey]: did you see how [burly] Ian Greenhaul looked today ?! [Leah]: yeah ! His burliness is it of control ! ❋ Weloveburlymen (2012)

[No man] I've [got] the [burlies]. ❋ Notafraid121212 (2010)

Oooooh! [Look at that] [burly] [nerd]!!! ❋ Uogv (2019)

Cross Reference for Burly

  • Burly cross reference not found!

What does burly mean?

Best Free Book Reviews
Best IOS App Reviews
App Name Developer
Amazon Shopping App Reviews AMZN Mobile LLC
Microsoft Copilot App Reviews Microsoft Corporation
Cash App App Reviews Block, Inc.
Facebook App Reviews Meta Platforms, Inc.
Instagram App Reviews Instagram, Inc.