1
: a large lump, piece, or portion
a hunk of bread
2
: an attractive and usually well-built man
Examples of hunk in a Sentence
a steak cut into meaty hunks
That actor is such a hunk!
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The actor is also well-aware of Almanzo’s heartthrob status — hey, someone in Walnut Grove had to be the town hunk!
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Kelly Martinez, Entertainment Weekly, 12 June 2026
Here, submakers pitch baseball-sized hunks of cold cuts across the room, which land like a catcher’s mitt into a spread-open hoagie held by another employee.
—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 10 June 2026
Cut to the now-twentysomething Adam (The Idea of You‘s hunk Nicholas Galitzine), explaining all of this wonky mythology to a date, who writes him off as a delusional, pretty-boy doofus.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2026
And remember, that’s not seven individual hunks of metal or stamps in the sheet metal; those numbers are far greater.
—Byron Hurd, The Drive, 3 June 2026
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Kelly Martinez, Entertainment Weekly, 12 June 2026
Here, submakers pitch baseball-sized hunks of cold cuts across the room, which land like a catcher’s mitt into a spread-open hoagie held by another employee.
—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 10 June 2026
Cut to the now-twentysomething Adam (The Idea of You‘s hunk Nicholas Galitzine), explaining all of this wonky mythology to a date, who writes him off as a delusional, pretty-boy doofus.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2026
And remember, that’s not seven individual hunks of metal or stamps in the sheet metal; those numbers are far greater.
—Byron Hurd, The Drive, 3 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for hunk
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“Hunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hunk. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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hunk
noun1
: a large lump or piece
2
: a male who is physically very attractive
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