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Dictionary: hunk   (hŭngk) pronunciation
n.
  1. Informal. A large piece; a chunk: a hunk of fresh bread.
  2. Slang. A sexually attractive man with a well-developed physique.

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


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noun

  1. An irregularly shaped mass of indefinite size: chunk, clod, clump, gob1, hunch, lump1, nugget, wad. See part/whole.
  2. A person regarded as physically attractive. beauty, belle (used of a woman), lovely, stunner. Slang babe, doll, knockout, looker, stud (used of a man). See beautiful/ugly.

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IN BRIEF: n. - A large piece of something without definite shape; A well-built, attractive man.

Tutor's tip: The geese will "honk" (short, loud sound) if the "hunk" (slang for a well built man or woman) walks into the yard.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a well-built sexually attractive man

Meaning #2: a large piece of something without definite shape
  Synonym: lump


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - luns, humpel, stort stykke

Nederlands (Dutch)
homp, grote brok, honk (kinderspelen)

Français (French)
n. - gros morceau (de pain, de fromage), beau mec (fam)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Brocken

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κομματάρα, (καθομ.) άντρακλας, παιδαράς

Italiano (Italian)
un pezzo di, un pezzo d'uomo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pedaço (m) (coloq.)

Русский (Russian)
большой кусок, ломоть, целый и невредимый

Español (Spanish)
n. - pedazo, trozo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tjockt stycke, sexig kille, centraleuropé (sl.), östeuropé (sl.)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
大块

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 大塊

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 큰 덩어리, 굉장한 사람

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 大きな塊り, 自陣, 厚切れ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) كتله أو قطعه ضخمه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חתיכה גדולה, נתח, בן אדם בעל מידות, גבר מחוספס, מושך מבחינה מינית‬


 
 
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