1
as in stud
a physically attractive man
her new boyfriend is quite the hunk
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2
as in chunk
a small uneven mass
what looked like a hunk of potato in her stew turned out to be a pebble
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Recent Examples of hunk
In fact, the dish can be enjoyed as an appetizer or light dinner when served with a nice hunk of bread.
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Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 3 Jan. 2025
However, that’s essentially the elevator pitch for this feature, in which a big-city dancer returns to her small town to save her parents’ concert venue by having hunks go shirtless on stage.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024
But with the cost of beef these days — though stores may run specials this time of year on standing rib roasts — such a big hunk of beef requires care and some paying attention too.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 21 Dec. 2024
Her husband's a hunk, her career's going great, and her enormous house is dressed up for the holidays without an ornament out of place.
—EW.com, 20 Dec. 2024
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Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 3 Jan. 2025
However, that’s essentially the elevator pitch for this feature, in which a big-city dancer returns to her small town to save her parents’ concert venue by having hunks go shirtless on stage.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024
But with the cost of beef these days — though stores may run specials this time of year on standing rib roasts — such a big hunk of beef requires care and some paying attention too.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 21 Dec. 2024
Her husband's a hunk, her career's going great, and her enormous house is dressed up for the holidays without an ornament out of place.
—EW.com, 20 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hunk
Noun
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Over the next three years, Lane would go on to make significant updates, taking several rooms back to the studs.—
Spencer Elliott,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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The gold stud placed in the center is a nice added touch.—
Audrey Noble,
Vogue,
10 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Large chunks of the property have been used for recycling and composting operations since 1995.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Jan. 2025
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The lefty is coming off a horrendous year and Arizona would likely eat a large chunk of his contract to move him.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
25 Jan. 2025
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None of the guys wanted to play the humiliated beefcake.—
Susan Morrison,
The New Yorker,
13 Jan. 2025
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More America’s Next Top Hunk competitions have already been slated for Sunday, November 17 in NYC for Zayn Malik, Jack Schlossberg, and Jeremy Allen White (Chicago is hosting their own for The Bear beefcake on Saturday as well).—
Michael Savio,
Vulture,
15 Nov. 2024
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Sometimes, the first course is kind of mild — a basket of bread and a clump of butter.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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Falling ice: Beware of falling ice and snow clumps from tall buildings while things melt.—
Carlie Kollath Wells,
Axios,
22 Jan. 2025
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Decorated with an assemblage of train signage, colorful lights and faux storefronts, Hibiki BBQ offers an eyeful as guests grill Japanese, Australian and American Wagyu, pork jowl, scallops, beef tongue, vegetables, squid and more.—
Stephanie Breijo,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Sep. 2024
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Halle Berry’s boyfriend, Van Hunt, gave his social media followers a mother lode of an eyeful on Mother’s Day.—
Karu F. Daniels,
New York Daily News,
13 May 2024
Noun
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Gift cards can feel like a slightly more personal touch than just tossing a wad of bills at your giftee.—
Boone Ashworth,
WIRED,
22 Jan. 2025
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Still numbed by what just took place less than one hour before, Beth sat alone in a chair in the front yard when a woman, stranger to everyone, walked up to her and placed a wad of $20 bills in her palm, then without a word moved on.—
Jerry Shnay,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Jan. 2025
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Just in time for Christmas, certain members of Congress are hard at work in their policy shops, fashioning a massive lump of cybersecurity coal with which to gift American users of electronic devices.—
David Williams,
National Review,
26 Dec. 2024
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Ten years ago, the European Space Agency’s Rosetta probe pulled up alongside a dusty, icy lump the size of a mountain.—
Elise Cutts,
WIRED,
22 Dec. 2024
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Depp pushes over a cabinet with dishes, rips open her dress and makes a most unholy noise as her eyeballs go up in their sockets, tongue juts out and globs of drool pour from her mouth.—
Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
24 Dec. 2024
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At the end of the first song, a small red glob rained down from above.—
Joe Lynch,
Billboard,
3 Sep. 2019
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“Hunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hunk. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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