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hunk  (hngk)
n.
1. Informal A large piece; a chunk: a hunk of fresh bread.
2. Slang A sexually attractive man with a well-developed physique.

[Perhaps from Flemish hunke, a piece of food.]

hunk [hʌŋk]
n
1. a large piece
2. Also called hunk of a man Slang a well-built, sexually attractive man
[probably related to Flemish hunke; compare Dutch homp lump]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.hunkhunk - a well-built sexually attractive man
adult male, man - an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus"
2.hunkhunk - a large piece of something without definite shape; "a hunk of bread"; "a lump of coal"
nodule - (mineralogy) a small rounded lump of mineral substance (usually harder than the surrounding rock or sediment)
nugget - a solid lump of a precious metal (especially gold) as found in the earth
part, piece - a portion of a natural object; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite"

hunk
noun
1. lump, piece, chunk, block, mass, wedge, slab, nugget, wodge (Brit. informal), gobbet a thick hunk of bread
2. (Informal) stud (informal), he-man (informal), macho man, tough guy (informal), strongman, beefcake (informal), muscleman a blond, blue-eyed hunk
Translations
hunk [hʌŋk] N
1. [of bread, cheese, cake] → (buen)trozo m, pedazo m (grande)
2. (= man) → monumento m, cachas m inv (Sp)

hunk [ˈhʌŋk] n
[bread, cheese] → gros morceau m
(= man) → beau mec m
hunker down
[ˌhʌŋkərˈdaʊn] vi (US)
(= squat) → s'accroupir
(= lie low) → adopter un profil bas

hunk
n
Stück nt
(fig inf: = man) a gorgeous hunk (of a man)ein Mann! (inf)

hunk [hʌŋk] n (of bread, cheese) → bel pezzo
a gorgeous hunk of a man (fam) → un bel fusto
hunk [hʌŋk] n (of bread, cheese) → bel pezzo
a gorgeous hunk of a man (fam) → un bel fusto

hunk
n hunk [haŋk]
a lump of something broken or cut off from a larger piece a hunk of cheese/bread. stuk, homp قِطْعَةٌ كبيرة голямо парче kus humpel großes Stück κομματάρα pedazo, trozo kamakas, käntsakas تكه بزرگ iso pala bout, morceau נֶתַח बड़ा टुकड़ा komadina, velika gruda nagy darab potongan stórt afskorið stykki pezzo, tozzo 厚切り 두꺼운 조각 riekė, gabalas bieza šķēle; rika ketul besar stuk blings, klump, stykke kęs, pajda naco bucată толстый кусок, ломоть kus kos komad bit, stycke ก้อนใหญ่ iri parka, dilim 大塊 великий кусок, шмат بڑا ٹکڑا miếng to; khúc to


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Bolter having had his laugh out, took a series of large bites, which finished his first hunk of bread and butter, and assisted himself to a second.
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