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Definition: BULKING |
BULKINGPersonal pronoun & verb & noun1. Of Bulk |
Date "BULKING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1916. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Building & Civil Engineering | The increase in volume of soil or sand as a result of its excavation. Source: European Union. (references) |
Finance | Practice of totalling the amounts of a number of transactions to provide a single accounting entry. Source: European Union. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | A process whereby wood is impregnated in a swollen condition with a substance that prevents subsequent shrinkage to the original unswollen dimensions. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. The increase in volume of a material due to manipulation. Rock bulks upon being excavated; damp sand bulks if loosely deposited, such as by dumping, because the apparent cohesion prevents movement of the soil particles to form a reduced volume b. The difference in volume of a given mass of sand or other fine material in moist and dry conditions; it is expressed as a percentage of the volumein a dry condition. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: BULKING |
| Specialty definitions using "BULKING": Bulking Agents, bulking board, BULKING CELL, bulking paper ♦ CUTTER OPERATOR ♦ WEIGHER-BULKER. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I'm bulking up! (South Park; writing credit: Rocco Siffredi) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| "BULKING" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 77.78% of the time. "BULKING" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 77.78% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 22.22% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 9 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "BULKING": Bulking Agents ♦ bulking board ♦ bulking paper. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
bulking up | 15 |
bulking | 6 |
bulking selector | 4 |
bulking complete | 3 |
bulking sludge | 3 |
bulking agent | 2 |
bulking diet | 2 |
bulking muscle up | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "BULKING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ضخم (astronomic, astronomical, awful, big, bulky, bull, colossal, colossus, considerable, distend, elephantine, enormous, exaggerate, extend, exuberant, fat, gargantuan, ghastly, giant, gigantic, goodly, grand, great, handsome, heavy, hefty, heroic, huge, hulking, husky, immense, intense, jumbo, large, leviathan, liberal, mammoth, mass, massive, mighty, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, outsize, oversize, palatial, phenomenal, powerful, prodigious, proud, round, royal, sizable, smart, strapping, strong, stupendous, sublime, swingeing, tall, tidy, titan, titanic, towering, tremendous, vast, voluminous, whacking, whopping). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 变大块 (Bulked). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | volumenforøgelse (bulkage, swell), udvidelsesstabilisering, omgruppering. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | zwellen (swell), overzicht (abridgement, abstract, resumé, summary, summery), hergroepering. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | täyttävä aine (ballast, bulk, bulking agent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | stabilisation, regroupement, foisonnement (bulkage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Zusammenfassung (abstract, combination, concentration, peroration, precis, resume, subsumption, summarization, summary, summing, summing-up, synopsis, union), Quellungsvergütung, Anschwellen (bloat, bulge, engorge, puff up, rise, surge, swell, swelled, swelling, swollen, to bulge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μόνιμη διόγκωση, ομαδοποίηση (blocking, clustering), διόγκωσις (bulkage, swell, turgescence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | duzzasztó anyag (bulking agent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | bulking, imbottimento, aumento di volume dei materiali di scavo (bulkage, swell). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 크게 함. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ulkingbay estabilização dimensional da madeira. (various references) bufamiento (bulkage, swell), hinchamiento (blowing, bulkage, cheese blowing, dilatation, dilation, heave, puffing, swell, swelling, to swell), estabilización (stabilization), esponjamiento (bulkage, increase in volume, overrun, over-run, swell, swelling), agrupamiento (grouping), abundamiento (bulkage, swell). (various references) svällning (bulkage, dilatation, dilation, swell, swelling, to swell). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "BULKING": outbulking. (additional references) | |
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"BULKING" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Belkin, bilkings, bulaki, bulcan, bulding, busking, culking, ulking. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-g-i-k-l-n-u" | |
-1 letter: bluing, lubing. | |
-2 letters: blink, lungi. | |
-3 letters: bilk, blin, bulk, bung, bunk, gink, glib, gunk, iglu, kiln, king, ling, link, lung, lunk. | |
-4 letters: big, bin, bug, bun, gib, gin, gnu, gul, gun, ilk, ink, kin, lib, lin, lug, nib, nil, nub. | |
-5 letters: bi, in, li, nu, un. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-g-i-k-l-n-u" | |
+1 letter: baulking, buckling. | |
+3 letters: bucklering, bulwarking, outbulking, unblinking, unblocking, unbuckling. | |
+4 letters: backhauling, parbuckling. | |
+5 letters: blockbusting, bloodsucking, bluestocking, unblinkingly. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 55 4C 4B 49 4E 47 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... ..- .-.. -.- .. -. --. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01010101 01001100 01001011 01001001 01001110 01000111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B U L K I N G |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0055 004C 004B 0049 004E 0047 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36554645434841 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, 阿拉伯 , arabialainen, arabe, arabisch, αραβικόσ, arab, arabo, 아라비아, árabe, arabisk |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | الصينية, لغة الصين, صيني, الصيني أحد أبناء الصين, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , kineser, kiinalainen, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, cinese, 중국, chinês, chino, kinesisk |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | لغة الدانمركية, نوع كعك, دانماركي, 丹麦语, tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, dán, danese, 덴마크, dinamarquês, danés, dansk |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | هولندي, اللغة الهولندية, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holland, olandese, 네덜란", holandês, holandés, holländsk |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | اللغة الفنلندية, فنلندية, فنلندي, 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finn, finlandese, 핀란", finlandês, finês, finlandés, finés, finsk |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, francese, "랑스, francês, francés, fransk, franska |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, német, tedesco, 독일, alemão, alemán, tysk |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, الإغريقي, 希腊语, 希臘語 , græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, 그리스, grego, griego, grek |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | مجري, المجري, الهنغاري, هنغاري, اللغة الهنغارية, 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , ungarer, Hongaarse, unkarilainen, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, 헝가리, húngaro, ungrare |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | الإيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, إيطالي, شخص إيطالي, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, 이탈리아, italiensk, italienska, italienare |
Korean | 사 , 의, 번역 | اللغة الكورية, كوري جنوبي, كوري شمالي, كوري, 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , Koreaans, coréen, koreanisch, Koreaner, κορεάτικοσ, κορεάτησ, koreai, 한국, coréia, a língua coreana, coreano, koreansk |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, 포르투갈, português, portugués, portugis |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spagnolo, 스페인, espanhol, español, spanska språk, spansk |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättning | اللغة السويدية, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, Zweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, 스웨덴, sueco, svensk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, 영국, inglês, inglés, engelsk |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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