hunk
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- noun
- /hʌŋk/
- She served a hunk of bread with the soup.
- a hunk of stone
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- And she's one of the world's experts on glaciers, big hunks of ice made by snow.
- And this would just be like a big hunk of space litter.
- But it's, it's just like hunks of beef, basically.
- Why go to all this work when you could just ship a hunk of plaster?
- Oh, oh, where somebody sent us two big giant hunks of Juicy Fruit.
- And I hit him dead center, right on his chest with a big hunk of dough.
- He, we'd come in the ice truck and he would bring the hunk of ice and put it in the ice box.
- And it's just meat, a hunk of meat that is thrown in the medical wastebasket.
Examples
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Could you bring me back a hunk of the Washington Monument for my rock collection?
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There it is, feels great, feels sturdy, good hunk of glass.
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And so we take off a pretty good hunk of it like that.
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A nice hunk of it, two hands, take a step back so you can see.
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No, I mean, everyone thinks it's made of gold, but it's just an old hunk of wood.
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It is really like a big hunk of fat running right through the centre of that.
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And it's just meat, a hunk of meat that is thrown in the medical wastebasket.
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When she returned, she gave them a big hunk of dried elk meat and six fresh pieces.
Fiction book (1993) -
Seventy-nine cents bought you a hunk of meat, a couple of vegetables, and a potato.
Fiction book (1991) -
He cut a large hunk of cheese for the sandwich.
Synonyms
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2.4
A fairly large piece of something, often food or solid material
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2.0
A small solid piece of something without a regular shape
A large heavy object that is awkward to move
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Etymology
Hunk began as a simple word for a 'large piece' or lump of something, often used for food like a 'hunk of bread'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of hunk like chunk, meaning a big rough piece, which is why we still use hunk for a big piece of food or coal.