"hunk" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /hʌŋk/ [UK, US] Audio: En-au-hunk.ogg [Australia] Forms: hunks [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌŋk Etymology: Probably borrowed from West Flemish hunke (“hunk; chunk”), of obscure origin. Probably from an earlier *humke, *humpke, a diminutive related to Dutch homp (“hunk; lump”), English hump, equivalent to hump + -kin. The sense of an attractive man is recorded in Australian slang in 1941, in jive talk in 1945. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|vls|hunke||hunk; chunk}} West Flemish hunke (“hunk; chunk”), {{m|vls|*humke}} *humke, {{m|vls|*humpke}} *humpke, {{m|nl|homp||hunk; lump}} homp (“hunk; lump”), {{m|en|hump}} hump, {{suffix|en|hump|kin|nocat=1}} hump + -kin Head templates: {{en-noun}} hunk (plural hunks)
  1. A large or dense piece of something. Synonyms (large or dense piece): chunk, lump, piece Translations (large piece of something): кома́т (komát) (note: of bread) [masculine] (Bulgarian), tros [masculine] (Catalan), stort stykke (Danish), luns (Danish), kimpale (Finnish), möykky (Finnish), Stück [neuter] (German), koma (Ingrian), pezzo (english: di carne-pane) (Italian), tozzo (english: di pane) (Italian), riekė [feminine] (Lithuanian), naco (Portuguese), pedaço (Portuguese), halcă [feminine] (Romanian), bucată [feminine] (Romanian), ломо́ть (lomótʹ) (note: of food) [masculine] (Russian), sgonn [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), pedazo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-hunk-en-noun-IziD5c7i Disambiguation of 'large or dense piece': 94 1 4 1 Disambiguation of 'large piece of something': 100 0 0 0
  2. (informal) An attractive man, especially one who is muscular. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Appearance, Male people Synonyms (an attractive boy): beefcake Translations (an attractive man): tyr (Danish), bink [masculine] (Dutch), adonis (Finnish), namupala (Finnish), herkkupala (Finnish), lihaskimppu (Finnish), muskelimies (Finnish), bellâtre [masculine] (French), Prachtkerl [masculine] (German), καμάκι (kamáki) [neuter] (Greek), חָתִיךְ (ḥatich) [masculine] (Hebrew), לִירְד (lird) [masculine, slang] [LGBT] (Hebrew), fear breá [masculine] (Irish), leadhb [feminine] (Irish), píosa [masculine] (Irish), staic [feminine] (Irish), staic láidir (Irish), staic bhreá d'fhear (Irish), bellimbusto [masculine] (Italian), gnocco [masculine] (Italian), fusto (Italian), marcantonio (Italian), tikras vyras [masculine] (Lithuanian), kōpaka (Maori), pedaço de mau caminho (Portuguese), armăsar [masculine] (Romanian), краса́вчик (krasávčik) [masculine] (Russian), macizo [masculine] (Spanish), galán [masculine] (Spanish), churro [Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, masculine] (Spanish), mijito rico [Latin-America, masculine] (Spanish), guapetón [masculine] (Spanish), mino [Argentina, Chile, masculine] (Spanish), muskelknutte [common-gender] (Swedish), biftekkek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-hunk-en-noun-ssOj1cVS Disambiguation of Appearance: 16 65 10 6 4 Disambiguation of Male people: 13 60 10 3 13 Disambiguation of 'an attractive boy': 2 97 1 1 Disambiguation of 'an attractive man': 0 97 2 0
  3. (computing) A record of differences between almost contiguous portions of two files (or other sources of information). Differences that are widely separated by areas which are identical in both files would not be part of a single hunk. Differences that are separated by small regions which are identical in both files may comprise a single hunk. Patches are made up of hunks. Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-hunk-en-noun-9Z47SY~S Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 4 41 17 30 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  4. (US, slang) A honyock. Tags: US, slang
    Sense id: en-hunk-en-noun-2y4CJzq7 Categories (other): American English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: hunk of junk, hunky Related terms: bohunk
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /hʌŋk/ [UK, US] Audio: En-au-hunk.ogg [Australia]
Rhymes: -ʌŋk Etymology: Dutch honk (“the base in a game”) Etymology templates: {{der|en|nl|honk||the base in a game}} Dutch honk (“the base in a game”) Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} hunk
  1. (US) A goal or base in children's games. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-hunk-en-noun-DPLUuuV- Categories (other): American English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "word": "לִירְד"
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          "word": "staic láidir"
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          "word": "staic bhreá d'fhear"
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          "sense": "an attractive man",
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          "word": "bellimbusto"
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          "word": "fusto"
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          "sense": "an attractive man",
          "word": "marcantonio"
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      "code": "it",
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