hunk

hunk
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 recorded from 1941).

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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] 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

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