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[huhngk] 
–noun
| 1. | a large piece or lump; chunk. |
| 2. | Slang.
|
Origin:
1805–15; < D dial. hunke
1805–15; < D dial. hunke
Synonyms:
1. block, gobbet, clod, wad, gob.
1. block, gobbet, clod, wad, gob.
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| hunk (hŭngk) n.
[Perhaps from Flemish hunke, a piece of food.] |
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Hunk
Hunk\, n. [Cf. Hunch.] A large lump or piece; a hunch; as, a hunk of bread. [Colloq.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : hunk
Spanish:
pedazo, trozo,
German:
großes Stück,
Japanese:
厚切り
hunk
1813, "large piece cut off," probably from W.Flem. hunke (used of bread and meat), which is perhaps related to Du. homp "lump, hump." Meaning "attractive, sexually appealing man" is first attested 1945 in jive talk (in Australian slang, it is recorded from 1941).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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