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In some senses, hunk is marked as informal, slang, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.
hunk
/hʌŋk/
noun 5
Collocations
5ADJ.
far
VERB + HUNK
total
HUNK + NOUN
junk, metal
PREP.
along, with
ADV.
quite, such
Definitions
noun
1
A large or dense piece of something.
a hunk of metal
"Jim, this is nice," I says. "I wouldn't want to be nowhere else but here. Pass me along another hunk of fish and some hot corn-bread."
2
An attractive man, especially one who is muscular.
The unfortunate thing about calling the season seven finale “The Dragon And The Wolf” is you can’t even reference it by name without picturing Daenerys Targaryen’s long-awaited hook-up with Jon Snow, her strapping hunk of an ally and also her nephew.
Diana’s most recent romantic adventure at that time was with the sturdy hunk Will Carling, captain of the England rugby team, whom she had met in 1995 working out at the Chelsea Harbor Club gym.
3
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
4
A honyock.
"You ain't callin' me a country hunk, are you?" "Hell, naw!" Louie backed away and grinned.
noun
1
A goal or base in children's games.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a large piece of something without definite shape
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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a hunk of metal
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"Jim, this is nice," I says. "I wouldn't want to be nowhere else but here. Pass me along another hunk of fish and some hot corn-bread."
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A cowherd was sitting by the roadside eating this food, and as he was one of those pudding-faced, basin-clipped, decent fellows, he cut off two medium great hunks of bread and cheese for them.
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He's a hunk.
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You're a hunk.
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Tom is such a hunk.
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