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!
Recent Examples on the Web
The giant beef rib (picture it: a hunk of greasy meat on a foot-long bone) is fun for the spectacle.
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Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2023
But being a hip-hop hunk is still, at the core, about range, duality, and skillset.
—Clover Hope, Pitchfork, 6 Sep. 2023
Through the hunks of metal, Gilbert spotted a familiar sight.
—Zaeem Shaikh, Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2023
But roadways full of four-ton hunks of metal moving at sports-car speeds are also less safe.
—Tom Randall, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Aug. 2023
Paved paths loop around the top half of the curving hunk of land.
—Madeline Bilis, Travel + Leisure, 10 Aug. 2023
Inside the facility, a rotary forge turns red-hot preform hunks of steel and alloy, using mechanical hammers to draw out precise shapes and contours.
—Hope Hodge Seck, Popular Mechanics, 21 Aug. 2023
The only person who doesn’t jump on the welcome wagon is local hunk—and Petey’s inevitable love interest—Bandit (John Cho), who hates what her father did to his town.
—Judy Berman, Time, 21 July 2023
The open kitchen will have a large hearth on display, with hooks and grates holding hunks of meat cooking over open flame.
—Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 8 Aug. 2023
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Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2023
But being a hip-hop hunk is still, at the core, about range, duality, and skillset.
—Clover Hope, Pitchfork, 6 Sep. 2023
Through the hunks of metal, Gilbert spotted a familiar sight.
—Zaeem Shaikh, Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2023
But roadways full of four-ton hunks of metal moving at sports-car speeds are also less safe.
—Tom Randall, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Aug. 2023
Paved paths loop around the top half of the curving hunk of land.
—Madeline Bilis, Travel + Leisure, 10 Aug. 2023
Inside the facility, a rotary forge turns red-hot preform hunks of steel and alloy, using mechanical hammers to draw out precise shapes and contours.
—Hope Hodge Seck, Popular Mechanics, 21 Aug. 2023
The only person who doesn’t jump on the welcome wagon is local hunk—and Petey’s inevitable love interest—Bandit (John Cho), who hates what her father did to his town.
—Judy Berman, Time, 21 July 2023
The open kitchen will have a large hearth on display, with hooks and grates holding hunks of meat cooking over open flame.
—Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 8 Aug. 2023
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Word History
Etymology
Dutch dialect hunke
First Known Use
circa 1813, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Hunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hunk. Accessed 28 Sep. 2023.
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hunk
noun1
: a large lump or piece
2
: a male who is physically very attractive
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