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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In November 2024, for instance, the International Space Station found itself in the way of a hunk of space junk.
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
For starters, even at 4 mm by 4 mm, the Utah array would be too big and clumsy a hunk of hardware for Science to implant in the eye or Synchron to thread through a vein.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
Netflix’s homepage and social-media accounts tease a series full of shirtless hunks, and the characters often shower together, showing off their butts.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
And Prince William would have been forgiven for blushing when Kate pointedly replied that the poster had in fact shown the TV hunk from a famous Levi advert.
—Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
For starters, even at 4 mm by 4 mm, the Utah array would be too big and clumsy a hunk of hardware for Science to implant in the eye or Synchron to thread through a vein.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
Netflix’s homepage and social-media accounts tease a series full of shirtless hunks, and the characters often shower together, showing off their butts.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
And Prince William would have been forgiven for blushing when Kate pointedly replied that the poster had in fact shown the TV hunk from a famous Levi advert.
—Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
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 19 Nov. 2025.
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hunk
noun1
: a large lump or piece
2
: a male who is physically very attractive
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