hunks

American  

[huhngks] / hʌŋks /

noun

(used with a singular or plural verb)

1. a crabbed, disagreeable person.

2. a covetous, stingy person; miser.

---

hunks British  

/ hʌŋks /

noun

1. a crotchety old person

2. a miserly person

---

Etymology

Origin of hunks

1595–1605; origin uncertain; -s ⁴

Example Sentences

When I finally nailed a roast chicken — buttered and oiled, stuffed with lemon wedges and hunks of onion and fennel — I felt like a goddess.

From Salon

Generous hunks of vanilla bean dot her lemon marmalade; bay leaf infuses her blackberry jam.

From The Wall Street Journal

A soaker is their thesis statement: a triple-beige stack of crisp-edged bread surrendering to brown gravy, studded with little hunks of meat that run a satisfying gradient from fatty to caramelized.

From Salon

I tore through half a bottle in a week—drizzling it over salads, spooning it onto seafood, and, of course, dunking torn-up hunks of crusty French bread.

From Salon

Massive hunks of concrete rained down around the building.

From Literature