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hunks

/hʌŋks/

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noun

A crotchety or surly person.

Examples :

"Mr. Harrison, one of the real hunks of the accounting department, complained loudly about the coffee being too weak again this morning. "

person character attitude

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noun

A stingy man; a miser.

Examples :

"Uncle Bob is a real hunks; he never gives anyone money, even for a small treat. "

character person attitude business

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noun

A large or dense piece of something.

Examples :

"a hunk of metal"

mass material thing

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noun

A sexually attractive boy or man, especially one who is muscular.

Examples :

"The magazine cover was full of pictures of hunks with impressive muscles. "

appearance body sex human person

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noun

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.

Examples :

"The software update was distributed as a patch file containing several hunks, each representing a small set of changes needed to update the program to the newest version. "

computing technical

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noun

A honyock.

Examples :

"The new farmhands were a bunch of hunks, clumsy and unsophisticated, but eager to learn. "