Bluto

Definitions

A man who is large and muscular in top-heavy proportions, often combined with a comically brutish and aggressive personality.

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Examples

“He was built like⟳ Bluto. "Who the hell are you?" he said.”

“For whatever reason⟳, it'd taken her a little while to get⟳ out of the cab when they first got here, and when Chuck introduced me — she stood a full foot shorter than him, a tiny woman next to this Bluto of a man, a knitted green afghan over her shoulders, a white blouse and blue jeans.”

“His pit bull parts thinned out his back end⟳ but gave him a Bluto disproportion in his front end⟳.”

“It wasn't the black loudmouth I'd expected but a Bluto of a man almost filling the entire doorway.”

“The customers sometimes called him Bluto. He earned the nickname by his tremendous build⟳ and great strength.”

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