Hench

/hɛnt͡ʃ/ · noun

Meaning

(architecture) The narrow side of chimney stack, a haunch..

Definitions by Sense

1. (architecture) The narrow side of chimney stack, a haunch.
2. (architecture) The side of an arch from the topmost part (crown) to the bottommost part (impost).
3. (Scotland) A limp; lameness.
4. (Scotland) To halt or limp.
5. (comics) To be a henchman or henchwoman, usually for a supervillain.
6. (UK, slang) Big, strong, and muscular.
7. (UK, slang, MLE) Impressive, good, cool.

Example Sentences

Candace Flynn (Ashley Tisdale): I told you! You're my henchman. Hench or something. / Stacy Hirano (Kelly Hu): Oh, no. You did not just tell me to hench.

[Clayton Cole:] Sully? Hey, how you been, man? Haven't seen you since... [Sully:] Since we henched for the Owl.

He's well hench.

That's a seriously hench doorman.

It caught me off guard because it was hench. My mind was like, ‘right, this burger’s hench’. I looked at it, right, ‘that look peng’, and it hit me two thirds of the way in, I clocked that the burger was not peng at all, it was just hench.

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Word Forms

• henches
• henching
• henched
• hencher
• henchest

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