1
as in stud
a physically attractive man
her new boyfriend is quite the hunk
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2
as in chunk
a small uneven mass
what looked like a hunk of potato in her stew turned out to be a pebble
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Recent Examples of hunk
Sherry vinaigrette is cut through with hunks of creamy blue cheese, a trick inspired by my favorite salad at Via Carota in New York City's West Village.
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Elazar Sontag, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 Sep. 2025
Early cans were massive hunks of metal, sometimes literal wrought iron.
—Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 28 Aug. 2025
The Twilight hunk reshared a post from the NFL to support his ex and her future husband, proving there’s no bad blood between them.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 27 Aug. 2025
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are engaged, and the internet is losing it over Swift's hunk of a ring.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
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Elazar Sontag, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 Sep. 2025
Early cans were massive hunks of metal, sometimes literal wrought iron.
—Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 28 Aug. 2025
The Twilight hunk reshared a post from the NFL to support his ex and her future husband, proving there’s no bad blood between them.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 27 Aug. 2025
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are engaged, and the internet is losing it over Swift's hunk of a ring.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hunk
Noun
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The classics, without question, are great starters—hoop earrings, diamond studs, dainty gold necklaces.—
Samantha Solomon,
Vogue,
10 Sep. 2025
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The silver buttons at the cuffs and down the bodice of Middleton’s frock were accentuated by the British royal’s Kiki McDonough white topaz diamond stud earrings.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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For the second time in the last three season, Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow will miss a large chunk of the season.—
Michael Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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In the worst-case scenario, a collision could smash a satellite into many more pieces of space debris, which each then go on to collide with more satellites, which produces more chunks of space junk, and so on and so forth.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Jill goes to the gym with her sister-in-law, sporting clothes best worn to church, and, between rants about Jack, Jill works out with a pair of German beefcakes.—
Derek Lawrence,
Vulture,
28 July 2025
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Only Elordi, variously treated like beefcake and brooder, seems lost trying to square Julius’ early vulnerability with the final act’s hopeful romance.—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Add butter and pulse until the mix clumps together to form pea-size balls.—
Gretchen McKay,
Twin Cities,
12 Sep. 2025
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If the plaque weakens and breaks apart, large clumps are released into the blood stream, and a large clump can block an artery, completely shutting off blood flow and causing a heart attack.—
Bryant Stamford,
Louisville Courier Journal,
11 Sep. 2025
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Fans at home got an eyeful as muscleman Mike Munz, vocal duo Crash Adams, acrobatic pair The TT Boys, dance act The Funkateers Dancers, singing ensemble The Birmingham Youth Fellowship Choir, and others got down to business.—
Lars Brandle,
Billboard,
10 Sep. 2025
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Get an eyeful of Davidson on The Tonight Show in the interview above.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
23 July 2025
Noun
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The boy had a wad of cash in his hand, which De Jager accepted without counting, still stunned.—
Jordan Greene,
People.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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The New York Times reports that more associates of Mayor Eric Adams are likely to face corruption charges — and that was before an explosive report in The CITY that an Adams campaign advisor tried to give a reporter a wad of cash stuffed inside a bag of potato chips.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
21 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Lush lumps of rock crab arrived in a flying saucer made of ice and covered with kohlrabi shaved thin as a layer of frost.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Sep. 2025
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In particular, the bacon bits were chilled and all stuck together in one big, congealed lump along the inside of the bowl.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Sep. 2025
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Then Domokos and the chief engineer of the model spotted a glob of stray glue clinging to one of its vertices.—
Elise Cutts,
Wired News,
10 Aug. 2025
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Drink options include the Green Dread – a bright green gin concoction served from a beaker – and the Bloodsucker, a rum and blackberry liqueur drink served with a dollop of dark red jello meant to look like a glob of blood.—
Bailey Schulz,
USA Today,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Hunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hunk. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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