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hunks

[huhngks] Origin

hunks

[huhngks]
noun (used with a singular or plural verb)
1.
a crabbed, disagreeable person.
2.
a covetous, stingy person; miser.

Origin:
1595–1605; origin uncertain; compare -s4

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Hunks is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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hunk

[huhngk]
noun
1.
a large piece or lump; chunk.
2.
Slang.
a.
a handsome man with a well-developed physique.
b.
a large or fat person.

Origin:
1805–15; < Dutch dialect hunke


1. block, gobbet, clod, wad, gob.

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hunks (hʌŋks)
 
n
1.  a crotchety old person
2.  a miserly person
 
[C17: of unknown origin]

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Word Origin & History

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).
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hunk definition


  1. n.
    a strong and sexually attractive male. : Who was that hot hunk I saw you with?
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