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
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.
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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
Another worker coats the rim of restaurant deli cups with chamoy and Tajín, or drops hunks of pineapple into a split pineapple rind filled with lemonade.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025
Or Marcello, Emily’s Italian beau, who needed a different look than the typical Italian hunk.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 1 Aug. 2025
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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
Another worker coats the rim of restaurant deli cups with chamoy and Tajín, or drops hunks of pineapple into a split pineapple rind filled with lemonade.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025
Or Marcello, Emily’s Italian beau, who needed a different look than the typical Italian hunk.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 1 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hunk
Noun
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Some of her favorite pieces are the decorative pillows and the bathroom sink, which includes a tiny beaded drain stopper and earring studs as faucets.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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Every level of the Irish’s defense has certified studs, with a slew of shutdown corners and a defensive line with a seemingly endless supply of quality players.—
Terence Moore,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Work continues to crack down on bots Work continues still to crack down on bots buying up chunks of tickets.—
Arpan Lobo,
Freep.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski are both set to miss a significant chunk of the season, while Dominic Solanke’s ankle injury is another cause for concern.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
8 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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Their small bodies are tricky to differentiate from pond scum or sticky clumps of algae in the dark.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
9 Sep. 2025
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One study uses a new astrophysical computer simulation that models turbulence within the cloud, causing fragmentation into smaller, star-forming clumps.—
Luke Keller,
Space.com,
7 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
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Alternatively, get an eyeful of the Leake Street Arches—aka the London Graffiti tunnel—beneath Waterloo Station, and pop out on Lower Marsh, with its centuries-old street market and proper Lambeth vibe.—
Emma John,
AFAR Media,
24 June 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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The cash option is a one-time, lump-sum payment equal to all the cash in the jackpot prize pool.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Harris decided to add some lump crab to Linden’s lobster sandwich.—
Andy Wang,
Forbes.com,
3 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 11 Sep. 2025.
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