hunks
Americannoun
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a crabbed, disagreeable person.
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a covetous, stingy person; miser.
noun
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a crotchety old person
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a miserly person
Etymology
Origin of hunks
1595–1605; origin uncertain; cf. -s 4
Example Sentences
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The methodical ones proceed with one book followed by another, doling out plots in manageable hunks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Generous hunks of vanilla bean dot her lemon marmalade; bay leaf infuses her blackberry jam.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025
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 • Dec. 4, 2025
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 • May 15, 2025
My feet felt like raw hunks of meat, and the jacket I’d needed when I first left the house was now tied around my waist.
From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence
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