hunk C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /hʌŋk/ UK /hʌŋk/ See IPA manual Minimal pairs Sounds like honk /ʌ/ vs /ɑ/ Meanings 1 noun a large thick piece; a sexually attractive man He tore off a hunk of bread and dipped it in the stew. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a large thick piece; a... chunklumpwedgeslabblockpiecestudbeefcake Word family Derived forms hunky Etymology AI details From dialectal or Flemish hunke ('lump, hunk'); first attested in the early 19th century. The slang sense 'attractive man' is mid-20th-century American. hunke Flemish View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # hunk **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /hʌŋk/ **IPA (UK):** /hʌŋk/ ## Meanings 1. a large thick piece; a sexually attractive man ## Examples - He tore off a hunk of bread and dipped it in the stew. ## Synonyms - chunk - lump - wedge - slab - block - piece - stud - beefcake ## Derived Forms - hunky ## Roots and Affixes - Root: hunke ## Etymology From dialectal or Flemish hunke ('lump, hunk'); first attested in the early 19th century. The slang sense 'attractive man' is mid-20th-century American. ## AI Etymology Hunk is from dialectal or Flemish hunke ('lump, hunk'); first attested in the early 19th century. The slang sense 'attractive man' is mid-20th-century American. In present-day use, it means a large thick piece; a sexually attractive man. Derived formations include hunky. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown