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/hungk/, n.1. a large piece or lump; chunk.2. Slang.a. a handsome man with a well-developed physique.b. a large or fat person.[1805-15; < D dial. hunke]Syn. 1. block, gobbet, clod, wad, gob.
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Hunk — may refer to:* A slang term for a sexually appealing man, a person who is sexually attractive or a well muscled, sexualized man, as in beefcake. * A hunk in computing is a portion of a patch or diff file. * HUNK, a video game character appearing… … Wikipedia
Hunk — Hunk, n. [Cf. {Hunch}.] 1. A large lump or piece; a hunch; as, a hunk of bread. [Colloq.] 2. a sexually attractive, well built man. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hunk — [hʌŋk] n [Date: 1800 1900; : Flemish; Origin: hunke] 1.) a thick piece of something, especially food, that has been taken from a bigger piece hunk of ▪ a hunk of bread 2.) informal a sexually attractive man with a big strong body … Dictionary of contemporary English
hunk — [ hʌŋk ] noun count 1. ) a large piece of a solid substance: a hunk of meat/bread/plastic/concrete 2. ) INFORMAL a strong and sexually attractive man … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
hunk — [huŋk] n. [Fl hunke, hunk] Informal 1. a large piece, lump, or slice of bread, meat, etc.; chunk 2. a sexually attractive man, esp. one who is large and well built … English World dictionary
hunk — (n.) 1813, large piece cut off, possibly from W.Flem. hunke (used of bread and meat), which is perhaps related to Du. homp lump, hump. Meaning attractive, sexually appealing man is first attested 1945 in jive talk (in Australian slang, it is… … Etymology dictionary
hunk — [n] chunk of solid material a lot*, batch, bit, block, bulk, bunch, clod, glob, gob*, large piece, loads*, loaf, lump, mass, morsel, nugget, piece, pile, portion, quantity, slab, slice, wad, wedge; concepts 470,471 … New thesaurus
hunk — ► NOUN 1) a large piece cut or broken from something larger. 2) informal a sexually attractive man. DERIVATIVES hunky adjective. ORIGIN probably Dutch or Low German … English terms dictionary
hunk|y-do|ry — «HUHNG kee DR ee, DOHR », adjective. U.S. Slang. safe and sound; hunky; O.K.: »It would be odd for any Congressional committee to run a full scale probe and decide everything is hunky dory (Wall Street Journal). ╂[apparently varied reduplication… … Useful english dictionary
hunk|y — «HUHNG kee», adjective. U.S. Slang. in good condition; safe and sound; all right: »North…ventured to ask how the child was doing…‘She s all hunky, and has an appetite (Bret Harte). ╂[American English < hun2 + y1] Hunky or … Useful english dictionary
Hunk — {{Ficha de personaje |color = |color texto = |nombre = Hunk |obra = Resident Evil |imagen = |tamañoimagen = |pie imagen = |primera aparición = Resident Evil 2 |última aparición = [[Resident Evil:operacion raccon city |última aparición causa =… … Wikipedia Español
