hunk
English
/hʌŋk/
noun
Definitions
- A large or dense piece of something.
- (informal) A sexually attractive boy or man, especially one who is muscular.
- (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) A honyock.
Etymology
Borrowed from West Flemish hunke (hunk, chunk) suffix from English hump.
Origin
English
hump
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- hummock English
- hump English
- humpable English
- humpathon English
- humpback English
- humpbacked English
- humpee English
- humper English
- humpity English
- humpless English
- humplike English
- humpsore English
- humpy English
- hunch English
- hunkily English
- hunkiness English
- hunkish English
- hunksome English
- hunky English
- superhump English
- homp Dutch, Flemish
- hunke West Flemish