1
2
as in chunk
a small uneven mass
what looked like a hunk of potato in her stew turned out to be a pebble
Synonyms & Similar Words
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of hunk
Ask for the basket of dill, basil and other herbs, with cubes of the feta-adjacent Bulgarian cheese called sirene, to build more textured, complex bites wrapped around hunks of taftoon.
—
Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
There's really nothing pretty about a boxy hunk of aluminum jutting out of a pickup bed or rattling around behind the main vehicle.
—New Atlas, 21 Jan. 2026
Marvel can keep that monosyllable hunk of wood known as Groot, because all that anyone needs in their life is more Beebo.
—Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Their car was a twisted hunk of metal, nearly unrecognizable.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 20 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for hunk
Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
There's really nothing pretty about a boxy hunk of aluminum jutting out of a pickup bed or rattling around behind the main vehicle.
—New Atlas, 21 Jan. 2026
Marvel can keep that monosyllable hunk of wood known as Groot, because all that anyone needs in their life is more Beebo.
—Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Their car was a twisted hunk of metal, nearly unrecognizable.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 20 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for hunk
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hunk
Noun
-
The renovation was essentially taken down to the studs, with every major system replaced while preserving some of the features that give the home its antique character.—
Miriam Schwartz,
Hartford Courant,
8 Feb. 2026
-
Plus, the studs along the seat’s base give it extra texture and a subtle farmhouse feel.—
Shea Simmons,
Southern Living,
7 Feb. 2026
Noun
-
But the audience size showed that a hot musical act could attract a significant chunk of the audience already gathered to watch the game.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
-
Physicists can break up the problem into chunks of outputs and inputs.—
Sarah Scoles,
Scientific American,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
-
To me, the funniest story in the world is that a 40-something-year-old Black guy from South Side Chicago went all the way to the Highlands of Scotland and found out that the only person that had his back was some 20-year-old beefcake from Alabama.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
4 Feb. 2026
-
This Lord of Darkness is a melancholy beefcake carrying the demon spawn of his neglectful lover, President Trump, a rebound from his previous boyfriend, Saddam Hussein.—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
16 Dec. 2025
Noun
-
Women generally receive fewer advanced therapies for PE, like thrombectomy (a procedure to pluck out a clot), and end up with more bleeding complications and a higher rate of lingering issues, like clumps of scar tissue in arteries that can increase blood pressure.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
10 Feb. 2026
-
For years, astronomers have debated whether planets this massive could form through core accretion, the slow, bottom-up process in which solid material clumps together into a dense core that then pulls in vast amounts of gas.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
-
Surveillance cameras notwithstanding, Manteris got quite an eyeful over the years.—
Dan Piepenbring,
New Yorker,
4 Feb. 2026
-
Every eyeful was a universe, a cosmos squeezed into a teacup.—
Susan Casey,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026
Noun
-
Esty Shapiro, a 19-year-old woman from a Hasidic Jewish sect in Brooklyn, pockets a secret wad of cash, picks up a passport, and hops on a plane to Berlin, all set to the tense soundtrack of a thriller.—
Stephanie Bai,
The Atlantic,
8 Feb. 2026
-
Use those wads of wrapping paper leftover from a birthday, baby shower, or holiday bash to stuff the bottom and sides of the box and prevent shifting during shipping.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
25 Dec. 2025
Noun
-
The cash option is a one-time, lump-sum payment that is equal to all the cash in the Mega Millions jackpot prize pool.—
Tanya Wildt,
Freep.com,
7 Feb. 2026
-
Caglianone took his lumps — most noticeably charted by his chase rate outside the strike zone — in short order.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
7 Feb. 2026
Noun
-
Inspired by both pre-Columbian cultures and modern scientific theories, Jensen made energetic diagrams of shapes, symbols, and numbers in loud complementary colors, using thick globs of paint; the results generate a fascinating friction.—
Brian Seibert,
New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2026
-
With just a pea-size glob of scat, biologists can genetically decode which individual whale produced the sample.—
Kelso Harper,
Scientific American,
16 Dec. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Hunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hunk. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
