big-shouldered
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- adjective
- /bɪɡ ˈʃoʊldərd/
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- The sun was rising, a fat tangerine, from the sea at the end of the street when another man approached, big-shouldered, big-bellied, Bill's age.
- a big-shouldered man
And women tend to like strong, masculine, big shouldered men who can take care of their child and them.
- And women tend to like strong, masculine, big shouldered men who can take care of their child and them.
Examples
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The big-shouldered athlete easily lifted the heavy weights during training.
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Both were big-shouldered and stone-faced.
Fiction book (2001) -
And women tend to like strong, masculine, big shouldered men who can take care of their child and them.
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Michael Tillman, big-shouldered and brown-eyed with brown hair longer than the approved length for a business school faculty member.
Fiction book (1993) -
Tall as Paul, he'd paced their small apartment restlessly in his big-shouldered sports jacket.
Fiction book (2000) -
And Berenice, she was a veritable bull of a woman, big-shouldered, raw-voiced, with wide, flat feet that made even normal walking sound like stamping.
Fiction book (1998) -
Oral was exactly the way Joe remembered him: big-shouldered, round-faced, dove-eyed, in a gray polyester suit with a white shirt and a burgundy tie.
Fiction book (1997) -
Eddie is broad-faced and big-shouldered; he is the one who looks like a farmhand, who looks like he could do chores all day under a Midwestern sun and drink Stroh's at night, fish for muskie, and shingle the roof on Sunday.
Fiction book (1993) -
He walked into the room with his big-shouldered frame, making a strong impression on everyone.
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The big-shouldered man helped to carry the furniture up the stairs.
Synonyms
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Having wide shoulders and a strong upper body
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Having broad straight shoulders that make the upper body look square
How Broad
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Big-shouldered is simply big + shoulder: big means 'large' and shoulder means the 'top of your arm' near the neck, so it gives the picture of someone with wide, strong shoulders. That's why big-shouldered describes a person who has broad or large shoulders.