hunk

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /hʌŋk/ Rhymes: -ʌŋk === Etymology 1 === Probably borrowed from West Flemish hunke (“hunk; chunk”), of obscure origin. Probably from an earlier *humke, *humpke, a diminutive related to Dutch homp (“hunk; lump”), English hump, equivalent to hump +‎ -kin. The sense of an attractive man is recorded in Australian slang in 1941, in jive talk in 1945. ==== Noun ==== hunk (plural hunks) A large or dense piece of something. Synonyms: chunk, lump; see also Thesaurus:piece (informal) An attractive man, especially one who is muscular. Synonyms: beefcake, stud; see also Thesaurus:beautiful man (computing) A record of differences between almost contiguous portions of two files (or other sources of information). Differences that are widely separated by areas which are identical in both files would not be part of a single hunk. Differences that are separated by small regions which are identical in both files may comprise a single hunk. Patches are made up of hunks. (US, slang) A honyock. (clarification of this definition is needed (obscure word with multiple senses used as definition, synonym list seems insufficient).) Synonyms: hick, yokel; see also Thesaurus:country bumpkin ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== bohunk === Etymology 2 === From Dutch honk (“the base in a game”). ==== Noun ==== hunk (US) A goal or base in children's games. === References === Katherine Barber, editor (1998), “hunk”, in The Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Don Mills, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN. Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “hunk”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.