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henchest

henchest is the superlative 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 henchest

What is henchest the superlative form of?
Henchest is the superlative form of hench.

Words near henchest in the dictionary

  1. henchboy
  2. henchboys
  3. henched
  4. hencher
  5. henches
  6. henchest
  7. henchfolk
  8. henchfolks
  9. henching
  10. henchman
  11. henchmanship

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