hunks

[huhngks]

noun

(used with a singular or plural verb)

1. a crabbed, disagreeable person.

2. a covetous, stingy person; miser.

hunks

/ hʌŋks /

noun

1. a crotchety old person

2. a miserly person

Word History and Origins

Origin of hunks¹

1595–1605; origin uncertain; -s ⁴

Word History and Origins

Origin of hunks¹

C17: of unknown origin

Example Sentences

Anthony has a thriving bakery business staffed by well-endowed hunks in too-tight denim uniforms.

From Salon

A perfectly executed send-up of the loud, hyper, over-the-top TV ads that have driven generations of kiddos to beg their parents to purchase hunks of plastic shaped like muscular heroes and ferocious monsters.

From Los Angeles Times

Metal and plastic hunks were strewn around the crash site.

From Los Angeles Times

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

Meet some of the hunks of Hallmark’s “Finding Mr. Christmas”: Parker Gregory, 39.

From Los Angeles Times