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hunk

(hŭngk)

1. Informal A large piece; a chunk: a hunk of fresh bread.

2. Slang A physically attractive man, usually with a well-developed physique.

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

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hunk

(hʌŋk)

1. a large piece

2. slang Also called: hunk of a man a well-built, sexually attractive man

[C19: probably related to Flemish hunke; compare Dutch homp lump]

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hunk

(hʌŋk)

n.

1. a large piece or lump; chunk.

2. Slang. a handsome man with a well-developed physique.

[1805–15; < Dutch dial. hunke]

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Noun	1.	hunk - 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.	hunk - a large piece of something without definite shape; "a hunk of bread"; "a lump of coal" lump 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

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hunk

noun

1. Informal. An irregularly shaped mass of indefinite size:

chunk, clod, clump, gob, hunch, lump, nugget, wad.

2. Slang. A person regarded as physically attractive.Used of a man:

beauty, belle (used of a woman), lovely, stunner.

Slang: babe, doll, knockout, looker, stud (used of a man).

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hunk

[hʌŋk] N

1. [of bread, cheese, cake] → (buen) trozo m, pedazo m (grande)

2. (= man) → monumento m, cachas m inv (Sp)

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hunk

(haŋk) noun

a lump of something broken or cut off from a larger piece. a hunk of cheese/bread.pedazo, trozo

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