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hencher

hencher is the comparative form of hench.

Meaning of hench

Adjective

hench (comparative hencher, superlative henchest)

  1. (UK, slang) Big, strong, and muscular.
    • He's well hench.
    Synonyms:
    buff
  2. (Multicultural-London-English, UK, slang) Impressive, good, cool.
    • It caught me off guard because it was hench. My mind was like, ‘right, this burger’s hench’. I looked at it, right, ‘that look peng’, and it hit me two thirds of the way in, I clocked that the burger was not peng at all, it was just hench.2016 December 9, Adam Boult, quoting Elijah Quashie, “These brilliant videos about London's takeaway chicken shops are a YouTube hit”, in The Daily Telegraph

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Questions about hencher

What is hencher the comparative form of?
Hencher is the comparative form of hench.

Words near hencher in the dictionary

  1. hench-wench
  2. hench-wenches
  3. henchboy
  4. henchboys
  5. henched
  6. hencher
  7. henches
  8. henchest
  9. henchfolk
  10. henchfolks
  11. henching

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