hunks

American  

[huhngks] / hʌŋks /

noun

(used with a singular or plural verb)

1. a crabbed, disagreeable person.

2. a covetous, stingy person; miser.

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hunks British  

/ hʌŋks /

noun

1. a crotchety old person

2. a miserly person

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Etymology

Origin of hunks

1595–1605; origin uncertain; -s ⁴

Example Sentences

Crispy bacon bits, poppy pickled onions, hunks of avocado, corn nuts, everything bagel seasoning, za’atar, toasted breadcrumbs, torn herbs.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026

There is so much demand for these hunks of carbon fiber that bats have entered the stratosphere of products known in the retail industry as “high heat.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

The cow’s milk variety is delicate, buttery, and lightly cured, with a creamy, spreadable consistency that’s dreamy on hunks of sourdough.

From Salon • Dec. 4, 2025

There is something archaic about these massive, welded hunks of steel, that seemed to have their heyday in the Pacific War of the 1940s.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2025

You drank cheap Liebfraumilch in plastic cups, calling it cocktails, and carved off hunks of Cheddar cheese with a Swiss Army knife.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides