Explore Hunks through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Hunks meaning
- A crotchety or surly person.
- A stingy man; a miser.
Using Hunks
- The main meaning on this page is: A crotchety or surly person. | A stingy man; a miser.
- In the example corpus, hunks often appears in combinations such as: hunks of.
Context around Hunks
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 12 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hunks
- In this selection, "hunks" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, massive, noodles, large and cycle stand out and add context to how "hunks" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include all the hunks and babes and and pogue hunks both on. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hunks" sits close to words such as aal, aalto and aardvark, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hunks
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Serve with hunks of rustic bread. (6 words)
Hunks of rubber and steel shot the length of a football field. (12 words)
Vona studied the product details of the deep yellow vacuum-packed hunks. (12 words)
I'd be wide-eyed as a child as I passed hauls of shiny-eyed snapper and tumbles of baby octopus, oysters shucked and unshucked and umpteen types of fin fish, hunks of swordfish and towering piles of prawns and glossy, spiky sea urchins. (44 words)
As we gathered in the Club TryAngles parking lot, preparing to board the busses, I was overjoyed to see that a group of suitably cute twinks and stunningly massive hunks were assembled, preparing for a day of debauchery. (38 words)
Piping hot, the dish, recommended by the owner, and is a soothing elixir featuring chewy noodles, hunks of chicken and an assortment of cabbage and carrot, topped with a sprinkling of spring onions, chopped coriander and garlic. (37 words)
It’s nice enough, up in the coastal breezes but you have to forego all the hunks and babes in Spandex exercise togs! (23 words)
Example sentences (19)
As we gathered in the Club TryAngles parking lot, preparing to board the busses, I was overjoyed to see that a group of suitably cute twinks and stunningly massive hunks were assembled, preparing for a day of debauchery.
Piping hot, the dish, recommended by the owner, and is a soothing elixir featuring chewy noodles, hunks of chicken and an assortment of cabbage and carrot, topped with a sprinkling of spring onions, chopped coriander and garlic.
Hunks of rubber and steel shot the length of a football field.
Serve with hunks of rustic bread.
It’s nice enough, up in the coastal breezes but you have to forego all the hunks and babes in Spandex exercise togs!
Once the dressing is ready, large hunks of diced chicken are added along with a medley of fresh vegetables and fruit.
Please note they are not in any particular order, and drop a comment if we left out anyone, we sure love your input on who you think should be part of the list of opposition hunks.
To help quench the thirst of out there, we took on the challenging task of hunting down the best photos and videos of our favorite Kook and Pogue hunks both on and off set.
He is one of Hollywood's long-standing hunks after years of smouldering on-screen.
I'd be wide-eyed as a child as I passed hauls of shiny-eyed snapper and tumbles of baby octopus, oysters shucked and unshucked and umpteen types of fin fish, hunks of swordfish and towering piles of prawns and glossy, spiky sea urchins.
Thanks to its connotations with the ikemen hunks, the term was generally well received.
The bouncers and hunks, who earn a reported Rs 5,000 daily, do not just add to the candidates’ status, they are also known to intimidate and even threaten voters.
The only puzzling offering is the Mulberry, which combines eggs, robiola cheese, chili mayo, and pickles with several unwieldy hunks of fried potato, all on a soft roll.
The show is a throwback to the late-’50s, when TV programs such as ruled the airwaves, and steely-eyed hunks like Dalton represented the epitome of American cool.
The three hunks of perfectly-pink lamb perked me up, and they were deliciously tender and juicy.
Vona studied the product details of the deep yellow vacuum-packed hunks.
As bigger fish eat the plastic-eating littler fish, these polluted hunks cycle their way through the food chain—and eventually make their way into human food.
It is either one or two hunks of ice and rock, perhaps 20 miles in diameter total.
People prefer trading in coins rather than in anonymous hunks of precious metal, so they attribute more value to the coins of equal weight.
Common combinations with hunks
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- hunks of 9×