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Antonyms for hunk

Grammar : Noun
Spell : huhngk
Phonetic Transcription : hʌŋk

Definition of hunk

Origin :
  • 1813, "large piece cut off," possibly from West Flemish hunke (used of bread and meat), which is perhaps related to Dutch homp "lump, hump." Meaning "attractive, sexually appealing man" is first attested 1945 in jive talk (in Australian slang, it is recorded from 1941).
  • noun chunk of solid material
Example sentences :
  • Just as I said, it was all hunk till I struck the rocks, and I've been up in the air ever since.
  • Extract from : « Pathfinder » by Alan Douglas
  • A hunk of solid, non-magnetic metal about the size of an office desk.
  • Extract from : « Spacehounds of IPC » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • I have been playing encyclopedia for that hunk of animated machinery for an hour.
  • Extract from : « Unwise Child » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • But Hunk was one of the old crowd that didn't need much dodgin'.
  • Extract from : « Shorty McCabe on the Job » by Sewell Ford
  • That is, it seemed like business to him; for, in his special way, Hunk had been comin' along.
  • Extract from : « Shorty McCabe on the Job » by Sewell Ford
  • "Pullin' down the kale by the double handsful, mind you," says Hunk.
  • Extract from : « Shorty McCabe on the Job » by Sewell Ford
  • "Then that's just why you ought to hook up with me," says Hunk.
  • Extract from : « Shorty McCabe on the Job » by Sewell Ford
  • "Only four days more," sighed Anderson, clipping off a hunk of bologna.
  • Extract from : « Anderson Crow, Detective » by George Barr McCutcheon
  • A hunk of bread and a bit of cheese was often all they brought with them.
  • Extract from : « One Way Out » by William Carleton
  • And they were going to give her a new dolly and a hunk of gingerbread.
  • Extract from : « Tales of Trail and Town » by Bret Harte

Synonyms for hunk

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