HUNK DEFINITIONS - 10 definitions found
hunk n 1: a well-built sexually attractive man 2: a large piece of something without definite shape; "a hunk of bread"; "a lump of coal" [syn: hunk, lump] hunk kuhn hunk 1813, "large piece cut off," probably from W.Flem. hunke (used of bread and meat), which is perhaps related to Du. homp "lump, hump." Meaning "attractive, sexually appealing man" is first attested 1945 in jive talk (in Australian slang, it is recorded from 1941). Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) hunk noun Etymology: Dutch dialect hunke Date: circa 1813 1. a large lump, piece, or portion <a hunk of bread> 2. an attractive and usually well-built man Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary hunk (hunks) 1. A hunk of something is a large piece of it. ...a thick hunk of bread. N-COUNT: usu N of n 2. If you refer to a man as a hunk, you mean that he is big, strong, and sexually attractive. (INFORMAL) ...a blond, blue-eyed hunk. N-COUNT [approval] English Explanatory Dictionary hunk hʌŋk n. 1 a a large piece cut off (a hunk of bread). b a thick or clumsy piece. 2 colloq. a a very large person. b esp. US a sexually attractive man. øøhunky adj. (hunkier, hunkiest). [19th c.: prob. f. Flem. hunke] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Hunk \Hunk\, n. [Cf. Hunch.] A large lump or piece; a hunch; as, a hunk of bread. [Colloq.] Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms hunk n. Lump, hunch, large piece, thick slice. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 89 Moby Thesaurus words for "hunk": accumulation, acervation, agglomerate, agglomeration, aggregate, aggregation, amassment, amount, batch, bit, block, budget, bulk, bunch, butt, chip, chunk, clip, clipping, clod, clump, clutch, collop, congeries, conglobation, conglomerate, conglomeration, count, crumb, cumulation, cut, cutting, deal, dollop, dose, end, fragment, gathering, glomeration, gob, gobbet, group, heap, hunch, large amount, loaf, lot, lump, mass, measure, mess, modicum, moiety, morsel, nugget, number, pack, parcel, paring, part, particle, pat, piece, portion, quantity, rasher, ration, scoop, scrap, shard, shaving, shiver, shred, slice, sliver, small amount, smithereen, snack, snatch, snip, snippet, snowball, splinter, stitch, stockpile, stump, sum, tatter, wad |
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