hunk

/həŋk/

/həŋk/

Other forms: hunks

A hunk is a piece or a chunk or a lump, something without a definite shape. You might eat a hunk of cheese or play with a hunk of clay. If you call someone a hunk, you think he’s hot.

For a casual dinner you might just grab a hunk of bread off the loaf and dip it in beef stew, which is full of hunks of meat and potatoes. A completely different type of hunk is a handsome man: "When did your cousin turn into such a hunk?" Hubba hubba! This second meaning dates from around 1945, from African American slang.

Definitions of hunk

1. noun

   a large piece of something without definite shape
   “a hunk of bread”

   synonyms: lump

   types:

   nodule

   (mineralogy) a small rounded lump of mineral substance (usually harder than the surrounding rock or sediment)

   nugget

   a solid lump of a precious metal (especially gold) as found in the earth

   geode

   (mineralogy) a hollow rock or nodule with the cavity usually lined with crystals

   type of:

   part, piece

   a portion of a natural object
2. noun

   a well-built, attractive man
   type of:

   adult male, man

   an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)