hunks
/hʌŋks/
hunks noun: a crotchety or surly person. Also the plural of hunk.
Noun
hunks (plural hunkses)
- A crotchety or surly person.
- What of it, if some old hunks of a sea-captain orders me to get a broom and sweep down the decks? What does that indignity amount to, weighed, I mean, in the scales of the New Testament? Do you think the archangel Gabriel thinks anything the less of me, because I promptly and respectfully obey that...1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “Loomings”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC
- Now, Bildad, I am sorry to say, had the reputation of being an incorrigible old hunks, and in his sea-going days, a bitter, hard task-master.1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
- A stingy man; a miser.
Also used as
hunks is also the plural of hunk.
Examples of hunks in a sentence
- What of it, if some old hunks of a sea-captain orders me to get a broom and sweep down the decks?1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “Loomings”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers...
- I used to fancy my revolver shooting when I was with the colours, and if I do get a chance I’ll put a shot through the old hunks, if only to prove to you that I’m no liar.1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle:
Forms of hunks
| plural | hunkses |
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Origin of hunks
Unknown.
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Questions about hunks
- What does hunks mean?
- Hunks means a crotchety or surly person.
- How do you use hunks in a sentence?
- What of it, if some old hunks of a sea-captain orders me to get a broom and sweep down the decks?
- What part of speech is hunks?
- Hunks is a noun.
- How do you pronounce hunks?
- Hunks is pronounced /hʌŋks/.
- What is the plural of hunks?
- The plural of hunks is hunkses.
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