hunk

nounchunk of solid material

Synonyms for hunk

noun chunk of solid material

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Word Origin & History

1813, "large piece cut off," possibly from West Flemish hunke (used of bread and meat), which is perhaps related to Dutch homp "lump, hump." Meaning "attractive, sexually appealing man" is first attested 1945 in jive talk (in Australian slang, it is recorded from 1941).

Example Sentences for hunk

Just as I said, it was all hunk till I struck the rocks, and I've been up in the air ever since.

A hunk of solid, non-magnetic metal about the size of an office desk.

I have been playing encyclopedia for that hunk of animated machinery for an hour.

But Hunk was one of the old crowd that didn't need much dodgin'.

That is, it seemed like business to him; for, in his special way, Hunk had been comin' along.

"Pullin' down the kale by the double handsful, mind you," says Hunk.

"Then that's just why you ought to hook up with me," says Hunk.

"Only four days more," sighed Anderson, clipping off a hunk of bologna.

A hunk of bread and a bit of cheese was often all they brought with them.

And they were going to give her a new dolly and a hunk of gingerbread.

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