Hunk - English meaning

noun

A book of maps or charts.

Usage examples:

I looked in the atlas to see where naples was

proper noun

One of the titans, who was punished for his part in their revolt against zeus by being made to support the heavens. he became identified with the atlas mountains.

noun

A book containing maps

Usage examples:

A road atlas

noun

Attractive men with well-developed muscles.

Usage examples:

Pictures of tanned beefcake

noun

A large solid piece of hard material, especially rock, stone, or wood, typically with flat surfaces on each side.

Usage examples:

A block of marble

verb

Make the movement or flow in (a passage, pipe, road, etc.) difficult or impossible.

Usage examples:

The narrow roads were blocked by cars

verb

Obstruct

noun

A person who is tough and aggressive and enjoys a fight or argument.

Usage examples:

Thick-necked bruisers in shell suits

noun

A big, strong, rough man

Usage examples:

He's an ugly bruiser - i wouldn't like to meet him in a dark alley!

noun

A thick, solid piece of something.

Usage examples:

Huge chunks of masonry littered the street

verb

Divide (something) into chunks.

Usage examples:

Chunk four pounds of pears

verb

Move with or make a muffled, metallic sound.

Usage examples:

The door chunked behind them

abbreviation

(in the us) department of defense.

noun

A large, shapeless mass of something, especially soft food.

Usage examples:

Great dollops of cream

verb

Add (a large mass of something) casually and without measuring.

Usage examples:

She stopped him from dolloping cream into his coffee

noun

A small amount of a substance

Usage examples:

A dollop of whipped cream

noun

A lump of a viscous or slimy substance.

Usage examples:

A gob of phlegm

verb

Spit.

Usage examples:

It implies not gobbing on passersby, not binge drinking while getting pregnant at the age of 12, no…

noun

An american sailor.

noun

A piece or lump of flesh, food, or other matter.

Usage examples:

A torn-off gobbet of flesh

noun

A small piece or lump of something, especially food

noun

A man who is very strong and who likes to show everyone how strong he is

proper noun

A hero of superhuman strength and courage who performed twelve immense tasks or ‘labours’ imposed on him by king eurystheus and who after death was ranked among the gods.

proper noun

A large northern constellation, said to represent the kneeling figure of hercules. it contains the brightest globular cluster in the northern hemisphere, but no bright stars.

noun

A man of exceptional strength or size.

Usage examples:

A tall young man with the limbs and chest of a hercules

noun

A compact mass of a substance, especially one without a definite or regular shape.

Usage examples:

There was a lump of ice floating in the milk

verb

Put in an indiscriminate mass or group; treat as alike without regard for particulars.

Usage examples:

Hong kong and bangkok tend to be lumped together in holiday brochures

verb

Accept or tolerate a disagreeable situation whether one likes it or not.

Usage examples:

You can like it or lump it but i've got to work

adjective

Masculine in an overly assertive or aggressive way.

Usage examples:

The big macho tough guy

noun

A man who is aggressively proud of his masculinity.

Usage examples:

I realized just what a macho i was at heart

noun

A relatively dark, dense object, such as a brown dwarf, a low-mass star, or a black hole, of a kind believed to occur in a halo around a galaxy and to contain a significant proportion of the galaxy's mass.

noun

A large body of matter with no definite shape.

Usage examples:

The sun broke out from behind a mass of clouds

adjective

Involving or affecting large numbers of people or things.

Usage examples:

The film has mass appeal

verb

Assemble or cause to assemble into a single body or mass.

Usage examples:

Both countries began massing troops in the region

noun

A large, strong man, especially one employed for protection or to intimidate people.

Usage examples:

There were three musclemen positioned outside his hq's entrance

noun

The crux or central point of a matter.

Usage examples:

The nub of the problem lies elsewhere

noun

The most important or basic part of something

Usage examples:

What do you think is the nub of the problem?

noun

A part of a whole.

Usage examples:

A portion of the jetty still stands

verb

Divide (something) into parts; share out.

Usage examples:

Every month you send the agency a single payment that is portioned out to each of your creditors un…

proper noun

An israelite leader (probably 11th century bc) famous for his strength (judges 13–16). he fell in love with delilah and confided to her that his strength lay in his long hair. she betrayed him to the philistines, who cut off his hair and blinded him, but his hair grew again and he pulled down the pillars of a house, destroying himself and a large gathering of philistines.

noun

An exceptionally strong man.

Usage examples:

Only a samson could have moved it

noun

A large, thick, flat piece of stone or concrete, typically square or rectangular in shape.

Usage examples:

Paving slabs

verb

Remove slabs from (a log or tree) to prepare it for sawing into planks.

Usage examples:

He slabbed the log on the two other remaining sides to make a rectangular timber

noun

A plane figure with four equal straight sides and four right angles.

Usage examples:

A grid of ruled squares

adjective

Having the shape or approximate shape of a square.

Usage examples:

A square table

adverb

Directly; straight.

Usage examples:

The ball hit me square in the forehead

noun

A man of great physical strength, especially one who performs feats of strength as a form of entertainment.

Usage examples:

A fairground scene with acrobats, a strongman, and fire-eating

noun

A man who is employed or famous for his great physical strength

Usage examples:

If she talks to the police, joey's strongmen will be paying her a visit., haitian strongman duvalie…

noun

A large-headed piece of metal that pierces and projects from a surface, especially for decoration.

Usage examples:

The shape of the headrest follows zulu style, but brightly coloured plastics, insulation tape and m…

verb

Decorate or augment (something) with many studs or similar small objects.

Usage examples:

A dagger studded with precious diamonds

noun

An establishment where horses or other domesticated animals are kept for breeding.

Usage examples:

A stud farm

proper noun

A fictitious character created by edgar rice burroughs. tarzan (lord greystoke by birth) is orphaned in west africa in his infancy and reared by apes in the jungle.

noun

A man of great agility or powerful physique.

Usage examples:

I'm no tarzan, but i can stay afloat

noun

A piece of wood, metal, etc. having one thick end and tapering to a thin edge, that is driven between two objects or parts of an object to secure or separate them.

Usage examples:

The door was secured by a wedge

verb

Fix in position using a wedge.

Usage examples:

The door was wedged open

verb

Prepare (pottery clay) for use by cutting, kneading, and throwing down to homogenize it and remove air pockets.

Usage examples:

The photo shows this as if you are facing the person wedging the clay.

noun

A large piece or amount of something.

Usage examples:

He slapped a wodge of notes down on the counter

noun

A thick piece or a large amount of something

Usage examples:

She cut herself a great wodge of chocolate cake., he hurried towards the staffroom with a wodge of …