hunk
[huhngk]
- a large piece or lump; chunk.
- Slang.
- a handsome man with a well-developed physique.
- a large or fat person.
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Origin of hunk
First recorded in 1805–15, hunk is from the Dutch dialect word hunke
Synonyms
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Contemporary Examples
GERARD BUTLER The Scottish hunk is—surprisingly—leaning towards “NO” when it comes to Scottish independence.
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September 19, 2014
Does this hunk of glass make up for his untenable relationships?
In his childhood, he was put in a hospital for the criminally insane after biting a hunk of flesh out of his 9-month-old sister.
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September 25, 2013
Could a hunk of crystal really be the oldest thing on Earth?
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October 13, 2012
But part of the underlying social contract is you take a hunk of that and pay forward for the next kid who comes along.
Historical Examples
Just as I said, it was all hunk till I struck the rocks, and I've been up in the air ever since.
PathfinderAlan Douglas
A hunk of solid, non-magnetic metal about the size of an office desk.
Spacehounds of IPCEdward Elmer Smith
I have been playing encyclopedia for that hunk of animated machinery for an hour.
Unwise ChildGordon Randall Garrett
But Hunk was one of the old crowd that didn't need much dodgin'.
Shorty McCabe on the JobSewell Ford
That is, it seemed like business to him; for, in his special way, Hunk had been comin' along.
Shorty McCabe on the JobSewell Ford
hunk
- a large piece
- Also called: hunk of a man slang a well-built, sexually attractive man
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Word Origin
C19: probably related to Flemish hunke; compare Dutch homp lump
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Word Origin and History for hunk
n.
1813, "large piece cut off," possibly from West Flemish hunke (used of bread and meat), which is perhaps related to Dutch homp "lump, hump." Meaning "attractive, sexually appealing man" is first attested 1945 in jive talk (in Australian slang, it is recorded from 1941).
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