hunk

noun

ˈhəŋk 

1

: a large lump, piece, or portion

a hunk of bread

2

: an attractive and usually well-built man

Synonyms of hunk

• stud
• beefcake
• eyeful

Examples of hunk in a Sentence

a steak cut into meaty hunks

That actor is such a hunk!

Recent Examples on the Web

His torso and thighs grow eye-poppingly muscular beneath their skimpy fur-and-leather togs—a development that does not go unnoticed by a warrior named Red Hair, who plucks the young hunk from his post and tosses him into the prime time of the gladiator pit. — Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 15 June 2026

The actor is also well-aware of Almanzo’s heartthrob status — hey, someone in Walnut Grove had to be the town hunk! — 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

Word History

Etymology

Dutch dialect hunke

First Known Use

1809, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for hunk

• bunk
• chunk
• clunk
• drunk
• dunk
• junk
• punk
• shrunk
• slunk
• spunk
• sunk
• trunk

Kids Definition

hunk

noun

ˈhəŋk 

1

: a large lump or piece

2

: a male who is physically very attractive