Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Informal A large piece; a chunk: a hunk of fresh bread.
- n. Slang A sexually attractive man with a well-developed physique.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A large lump, piece, or slice; a hunch.
- n. A sluttish, indolent woman.
- n. In tag and other games, the goal; home: as, to reach hunk; to be on hunk.
- On hunk; at the goal.
- Hence, used adjectively
- In good or satisfactory position or condition; all right: as, I'm all hunk. Also hunky.
Wiktionary
- n. A large or dense piece of something.
- n. informal A sexually attractive boy or man, especially one who is muscular.
- n. computing A record of differences between almost contiguous portions of two files (or other sources of information). Differences that are widely separated by areas which are identical in both files would not be part of a single hunk. Differences that are separated by small regions which are identical in both files may comprise a single hunk. Patches are made up of hunks.
- n. US, slang A honyock.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. colloq. A large lump or piece; a hunch.
- n. a sexually attractive, well-built man.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a large piece of something without definite shape
- n. a well-built sexually attractive man
Etymologies
- Probably Dutch hunke, 1813. The sense of an attractive man is recorded in Australian slang in 1941, in jive talk in 1945. (Wiktionary)
- Perhaps from Flemish hunke, a piece of food. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“He has always been my favorite changeling hunk from the first page of your first book in the series.”
“(CNN) - The White House's so-called "money-hunk" is engaged.”
“An oldie worth revisiting: This burnin 'hunk of code on Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda's site will transform your blog into a poem.”
“I think he might be what you call a hunk, but I’m not sure because I’ve never understood just what qualifies as hunkiness.”
“Zora turned to find herself looking into the eyes of a man her mother would describe as a hunk.”
“My hunk was a bit chalky and it was bitter, not buttery.”
“Well, maybe you have a different definition of a hunk, but a hunk is a hunk, and Yihung is one.”
“Bob used to be very anxious to sneak a hunk of meat from His Honour at times, yet, when the”
“And he was popular with women, who often called the hunk in a collar Father Cutie even though his name is pronounced Koo-tee”
“And he was popular with women, who often called the hunk-in-a-collar Father Cutie even though his name is pronounced Koo-tee”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘hunk’.
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Loanwords
Since English is littered with loanwords, everything could conceivably end up here. But there is a distinct feeling associated with these.. maybe they're young additions to the English language; I ...
iceberg, fjord, firth, abbey, abyss, anorak, apartheid, assassin, avalanche, avocado, balaclava, banana and 104 more...
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unk knowns
bunk, chipmunk, junkyard, funk, junket, crunk, chunk, kerplunk, hunk, preshrunk, spunk, countersunk and 53 more...
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Twitter favorites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favorite word" and adds it to this list.
See also:
unfathomably, glice, cuh, fab, ciggaty, doll, thuggin, oxymoronic, pineapple, succubutt, griming, cheeky and 2369 more... -
Just 'cause I like 'em, H
hurlyburly, hurtle, hodgepodge, heartwood, hatch, halo, hooptedoodle, hacienda, hairpin, heyday, hardscrabble, hopper and 208 more...
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Quenelles of Random Palavery
More randomly-garnered terms from the world of words that don't quite yet fit into my other lists.
Goddidit, barcelona, filigrain, good-natured, ill-natured, half-bit, endosome, underplaying, parotid, denormalization, sleightgeist, wheezing and 2334 more...
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words I don't like very much
many frequently used by moms; words that sound dirtier than they are
crisp, grunge, cuddle, puke, smear, voucher, manipulate, fodder, coddle, fecund, chunk, hunk and 71 more...
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More than Meets the Eye
Words that mean more than what I thought they do.
arch, husband, offices, swell, slight, jot, see, graft, plumb, hitch, psych, rake and 61 more...
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words I fucking hate
feet, moist, gout, food, squirt, preggers, cummerbund, stoked, wonky, bugaboo, chunk, loin and 27 more...
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Words that make my stomach turn:
loaf, chunk, moist, heft, poodle, curb, scab, mucus, panties, giblets, luncheon, hunk and 54 more...
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Childhood Words
hunk, mangrove, klondike, turban, chivas, rapunzel, caramel, souffle
Tweets
Looking for tweets for hunk.
sionnach Well, I'm damned if it's going on my Fireships and fizgigs list! May 23, 2011
ruzuzu Oh. I should add that the OED says "Possibly a distinct word; Jam. suggests connexion with hunker." May 23, 2011
ruzuzu My compact edition of the OED has "2. (Sc. dial.) A sluttish, indolent woman; as a 'nasty hunk', a 'lazy hunk'" (but they're citing to "Jamieson 1825"). May 23, 2011
sionnach Oh, pshaw, hh! Stuff and nonsense. Balderdash. Poppycock. Fiddlesticks. May 23, 2011
hernesheir "A slutty, indolent woman. A drab." --Dr. Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary and Supplement, 1841. May 23, 2011
reesetee And this is not to be confused with a hunka hunka burnin' love. Jul 21, 2008
kewpid We need visual verification. Jul 12, 2008
pterodactyl You are a muffin of all genders, Darqueau? Jul 12, 2008
darqueau I am one of these. Jul 12, 2008
bilby I love muffins of all genders. Jul 12, 2008
sionnach I think love muffin is not gender-specific. perhaps you are thinking of studmuffin? Jul 12, 2008
bilby Isn't this a love muffin, ilovemuffins? Jul 12, 2008