burly

adjective4

1. •
   Large, well-built, and muscular.

   • He’s a big, burly rugby player who works as a landscape gardener.
2. •
   (US, slang) Of large magnitude, either good or bad, and sometimes both.

   • That wave was burly! (i.e. 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.
3. •
   (UK, slang) Great, amazing, unbelievable.

   • That goal was burly.
   • Kimi Räikkönen is a burly Formula 1 driver.
4. •
   Full of burls or knots; knotty.