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hunk noun [ hʌŋk ]

• a large piece of something, especially food, cut or broken off a larger piece.
• "a hunk of bread"
Similar: chunk, large piece, slab, wedge, block, lump, mass, square, dollop, portion, gobbet, dod, wodge, gob, nub,
• a large, strong, sexually attractive man.
• "a Hollywood hunk"
Similar: muscleman, strongman, macho, macho man, iron man, Hercules, Atlas, Samson, Tarzan, tough guy, he-man, beefcake, stud, bruiser, studmuffin,
Opposite: wimp,
Origin: early 19th century: probably of Dutch or Low German origin.


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