hunk

[US]/hʌŋk/
[UK]/hʌŋk/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a large piece or chunk; a charming and muscular man

Phrases & Collocations

He's a hunk.

Muscular hunk.

Example Sentences

a hunk of fresh bread.

She tore off a large hunk of bread.

He is a hunk of a man.

She couldn't resist his hunk charm.

The actor played the role of a hunk in the movie.

She enjoys watching movies with hunky actors.

The hunk of meat was grilled to perfection.

He was known for his hunk physique.

The magazine cover featured a hunk model.

She daydreamed about meeting a hunk on her vacation.

The gym was full of hunks working out.

The romance novel had a hunky protagonist.

Real-world Examples

But this is no ordinary hunk of galactic debris.

Source: Science in 60 Seconds Listening Collection September 2014

This is the same hunk, same body.

Source: Yale University Open Course: Death (Audio Version)

But for all that, it was the same hunk of stuff.

Source: Yale University Open Course: Death (Audio Version)

Burkhart would lure a lion over to the enclosure fence by waving a tasty hunk of meat.

Source: Science 60 Seconds - Scientific American August 2022 Compilation

I know that Beef Wellington is a hunk of meat, cooked in some pastry, with some lovely flavors.

Source: Gourmet Base

It's not as though he took the brain out and literally moved that hunk of tissue over here.

Source: Yale University Open Course: Death (Audio Version)

We want them to put on the brake, not hunk.

Source: VOA Standard English_Americas

Daario would laugh, carve off a hunk of horsemeat with his arakh, and squat down to eat beside her.

Source: A Dance with Dragons: The Song of Ice and Fire (Bilingual Chinese-English)

But sonar can't tell a rock from a hunk of metal.

Source: The Secrets of the Titanic

Jay, I imagine if you've got a big hunk of meat, you've suddenly got like a rub.

Source: Gourmet Base

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