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hunks

American

[huhngks] / hʌŋks /

noun

(used with a singular or plural verb)

a crabbed, disagreeable person.
a covetous, stingy person; miser.

hunks British

/ hʌŋks /

noun

a crotchety old person
a miserly person

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of hunks

1595–1605; origin uncertain; -s ⁴

Example Sentences

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We started with a few appetizers, including Fischer-Farms Bacon, sweet and slightly spiced hunks of pork belly, glazed and absolutely indulgent.

From Salon • Jan. 13, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025

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

Metal and plastic hunks were strewn around the crash site.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2025

Anyway, I kept worrying that I was getting pneumonia, with all those hunks of ice in my hair, and that I was going to die.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger

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