hunk

• POS: Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

hunk, n. [Cf. Hunch.].

•  A large lump or piece; a hunch; as, a hunk of bread.
•  a sexually attractive, well-built man.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

hunk, n.
1 a a large piece cut off (a hunk of bread). b a thick or clumsy piece.
2 colloq. a a very large person. b esp. US a sexually attractive man.

Derivative

hunky adj. (hunkier, hunkiest).

Etymology

19th c.: prob. f. Flem. hunke

THESAURUS

hunk

accumulation, acervation, agglomerate, agglomeration, aggregate, aggregation, amassment, amount, batch, bit, block, budget, bulk, bunch, butt, chip, chunk, clip, clipping, clod, clump, clutch, collop, congeries, conglobation, conglomerate, conglomeration, count, crumb, cumulation, cut, cutting, deal, dollop, dose, end, fragment, gathering, glomeration, gob, gobbet, group, heap, hunch, large amount, loaf, lot, lump, mass, measure, mess, modicum, moiety, morsel, nugget, number, pack, parcel, paring, part, particle, pat, piece, portion, quantity, rasher, ration, scoop, scrap, shard, shaving, shiver, shred, slice, sliver, small amount, smithereen, snack, snatch, snip, snippet, snowball, splinter, stitch, stockpile, stump, sum, tatter, wad

ROGET THESAURUS

hunk

Sexuality

N sex, sexuality, gender, male, masculinity, maleness, female, femininity, sexual intercourse, copulation, mating, coitus, sex, lovemaking, marital relations, sexual union, sleeping together, carnal knowledge, sex instinct, sex drive, libido, lust, concupiscence, hots, horns, arousal, heat, rut, estrus, oestrus, tumescence, erection, hard-on, boner, masturbation, self-gratification, autoeroticism, onanism, self- abuse, orgasm, climax, ejaculation, sexiness, attractiveness, sensuality, voluptuousness, fornication, adultery, sex symbol, sex goddess, stud, hunk, one-night stand, pornography, porn, porno, hardcore pornography, softcore pornography, pin-up, cheesecake, beefcake, Playboy, Esquire, Hustler, perversion, deviation, sexual abnormality, fetish, fetishism, homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexuality, sodomy, buggery, pederasty, sadism, masochism, sado-masochism, incest, sexy, erotic, sexual, carnal, sensual, hot, horny, randy, rutting, passionate, lusty, hot-blooded, libidinous, up, in the mood, homosexual, gay, lesbian, bisexual.