Hunk

Quick meaning: Hunk is a noun meaning A large or dense piece of something.

Meaning

A large or dense piece of something.

More Meanings

1. (informal) An attractive man, especially one who is muscular.
2. (US, slang) A honyock.
3. (US) A goal or base in children's games.
4. (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.

Example Sentences

a hunk of metal

"You ain't callin' me a country hunk, are you?" "Hell, naw!" Louie backed away and grinned.

"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."

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.

Word Forms

• hunks

Synonyms for hunk

Depending on context, synonyms include chunk, lump, bit, chip, clip, crumb.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include lump, bite, handful, morsel, nibble, scrap.

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