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Definition: HUNKS

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A member of the Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux and who formerly lived in the western Dakotas; they were prominent in resisting the white encroachment into the northern Great Plains.[Wordnet]
2. A Siouan language spoken by the Hunkpapa.[Wordnet].

Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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"Hunks" is a common misspelling or typo for: chunks, bunks, junks, thunks.

Date "Hunks" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1751. (references)

Note: Hunks \Hunks\, noun. [Etymology uncertain.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: HUNKS

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Noun] A covetous sordid man; a miser; a niggard.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Literature Hunks An old hunks. A screw, a hard, selfish, mean fellow. (Icelandic, hunskur, sordid.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Slang in 1811 HUNKS. A covetous miserable fellow, a miser; also the name of a famous bear mentioned by Ben Jonson. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
Wiktionary [Noun] Plural form of hunk. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Topics by Level of Interest: HUNKS

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Beau Hunks 11     Beau Hunks 11

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

"hunks" is a common misspelling or typo for: chunks, bunks, junks, thunks.

Synonyms: hunks
Position Synonyms (sorted by strength)

Noun

chunks, lumps, blocks, nuggets, pieces, balls, clods, clumps, globs, goons, klutzes, louts, lubbers, oafs, swellings.
Consider also: bits, sections, parts, portions, slabs, slices, morsels, wedges, dollops, clusters, fellows, fragments, hunches, accumulations, bunches, hulks, mans, piles.

Verb

burlies.

Other

miser, niggard, muckworm, screw, churl, skinflint, curmudgeon, Jew, codger, crib, lickpenny, scrimp, extortioner, harpagon, harpy, man, part, piece, usurer, moneygrubber.
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Computed Synonyms: hunks

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   49.1096   hunks     lumps     knobs, bumps, hunches, cakes, bunches   
 2   41.1396   hunks     hunches     lumps, knobs, bumps, chunks, portions   
 3   29.1095   hunks     gobs     mouths, muzzles, spittles, orifices, faces   
 4   28.1093   hunks     dollops     hunches, portions, blocks, blobs, knobs   
 5   25.2095   hunks     blocks     clogs, stops, pads, units, parcels   
 6   25.1095   hunks     slabs     plates, sheets, cakes, slivers, blocks   
 7   24.1092   hunks     portions     fragments, lumps, scraps, parcels, patches   
 8   23.1094   hunks     bodies     bulks, corpses, boxes, shells, bases   
 9   22.1095   hunks     clumps     bunches, masses, heaps, bodies, packs   
 10   22.1093   hunks     tablets     tables, slabs, pads, boards, tabulations   
 11   21.2095   hunks     bricks     slabs, blocks, tiles, pads, stones   
 12   21.1095   hunks     clots     fools, boobs, idiots, clods, nitwits   
 13   20.2096   hunks     packs     flocks, groups, herds, crowds, clusters   
 14   20.1095   hunks     logs     journals, registers, bars, billets, bolts   
 15   20.1095   hunks     knobs     lumps, hunches, bosses, bumps, pimples   
--------------------     389 synonyms ranked from 16 to 404 abridged     --------------------

Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Computed Synonyms via Expressions: hunks

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   2.0089   hunks     close file     curmudgeon, muckworm, close liver   
 2   2.0088   hunks     nickel nurser     miser, niggard, skinflint   
 3   2.0087   hunks     penny pincher     miser, niggard, cheapskate   
 4   1.0091   hunks     to break     break, to tear, to fracture   
 5   1.0090   hunks     The Brocken     piece, little lump, to break   
 6   1.0088   hunks     little lump     lump, clot, seed   
 7   1.0088   hunks     a wet blanket     crank, growler, grouch   
 8   1.0087   hunks     clock watcher     penny pincher, scraper, nickel nurser   
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Synonyms within Context: hunks

Context Synonyms within Context

Parsimony

Hunks, churl, codger, crib, curmudgeon, extortioner, Harpagon, harpy, Hessian, Jew, lickpenny, miser, muckworm, niggard, pinch fist, pinch penny, screw, scrimp, skinflint, usurer.

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Translations: HUNKS

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Al Arabiya كتل (mass, masses, lump, agglomerate, ball). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Al Fus-Ha كتل (mass, masses, lump, agglomerate, ball). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Arabic كتل (mass, masses, lump, agglomerate, ball). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Armenian ժլատ մարդ (hunks). Additional references: Armenian, Armenia, Azerbaijan, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Armjanski Yazyk ժլատ մարդ (hunks). Additional references: Armjanski Yazyk, Armenia, Azerbaijan, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Bahasa Indonesia irisan besar (hunk, hunks). Additional references: Bahasa Indonesia, Indonesia, Java, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Balgarski скъперник (churl, curmudgeon, hunks, miser, muckworm). Additional references: Balgarski, Bulgaria, Greece, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Balgarski (transliteration) skʺpernik (churl, curmudgeon, hunks, miser, muckworm). Additional references: Balgarski, Bulgaria, Greece, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Bohemian skýva (hunk, hunch, hunks, chunk, hunch of bread), skrblík (curmudgeon, niggard, skinflint, hunks, nipper), fešáci (hunks), kusy (chunks, hunks, pieces, shreds), lakomec (miser, skinflint, scraper, cheapskate, screw). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Brazilian Portuguese velho (old, ancient, aged, antique, elderly), unhas-de-fome (hunks). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Bulgarian скъперник (churl, curmudgeon, hunks, miser, muckworm). Additional references: Bulgarian, Bulgaria, Greece, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Bulgarian (transliteration) skʺpernik (churl, curmudgeon, hunks, miser, muckworm). Additional references: Bulgarian, Bulgaria, Greece, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Central Mongolian нарийн хїн (hunks), бирд хїн (hunks). Additional references: Central Mongolian, Mongolia, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Central (transliteration) nariyn khїn (hunks), bird khїn (hunks). Additional references: Central Mongolian, Mongolia, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Central Tai ก้อนใหญ่ชิ้นใหญ่ (hunk, hunks). Additional references: Central Tai, Thailand, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Cestina skýva (hunk, hunch, hunks, chunk, hunch of bread), skrblík (curmudgeon, niggard, skinflint, hunks, nipper), fešáci (hunks), kusy (chunks, hunks, pieces, shreds), lakomec (miser, skinflint, scraper, cheapskate, screw). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Simplified 守财奴 (hunks, miser, cheapskate, misers, muckworm), 性情乖僻之人 (hunks), 卑鄙的人 (hangdog, ratfink, schmuck, schmucks, scullion). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional 守財奴 (miser, cheapskate, hunks, misers, muckworm), 性情乖僻之人 (hunks). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Czech skýva (hunk, hunch, hunks, chunk, hunch of bread), skrblík (curmudgeon, niggard, skinflint, hunks, nipper), fešáci (hunks), kusy (chunks, hunks, pieces, shreds), lakomec (miser, skinflint, scraper, cheapskate, screw). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Daco-Rumanian halca (hunk, hunks). Additional references: Daco-Rumanian, Romania, Hungary, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Dari تكه بزرگ (hunk, chump, hunks). Additional references: Dari, Iran, Indo-European, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Deutsch Brocken (chunk, gobbet, whopper, boulder, boulders), Stücke (bites, pieces, shticks, portions, hunks). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Dutch vrek (miser, niggard, skinflint, churl, curmudgeon), norse oude mand (hunks). Additional references: Dutch, Netherlands, Aruba, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Ena ժլատ մարդ (hunks). Additional references: Ena, Armenia, Azerbaijan, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Ermeni Dili ժլատ մարդ (hunks). Additional references: Ermeni Dili, Armenia, Azerbaijan, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Ermenice ժլատ մարդ (hunks). Additional references: Ermenice, Armenia, Azerbaijan, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Finnish köntti (hunk, hunks). Additional references: Finnish, Finland, Russia (Europe), hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
German Brocken (chunk, gobbet, whopper, boulder, boulders), Stücke (bites, pieces, shticks, portions, hunks). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Greek κομματάρα (chunk, chunks, hunk, hunks). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Greek (transliteration) kommatara (chunk, chunks, hunk, hunks). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Gurmukhi ਸ਼ੂਮ (churl, hunks, miser, niggard, stingy). Additional references: Gurmukhi, India, Kenya, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Gurumukhi ਸ਼ੂਮ (churl, hunks, miser, niggard, stingy). Additional references: Gurumukhi, India, Kenya, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Haieren ժլատ մարդ (hunks). Additional references: Haieren, Armenia, Azerbaijan, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Halh нарийн хїн (hunks), бирд хїн (hunks). Additional references: Halh, Mongolia, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Halh (transliteration) nariyn khїn (hunks), bird khїn (hunks). Additional references: Halh, Mongolia, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguk Mal 노랑이 (hunks, penny pincher, cheapskate, flay-flint, tightwad), 구두쇠 (tightwad, miser, cheapskate, screw, skin), 심술쟁이 (crab, crank, hornet, hunks). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguohua 노랑이 (hunks, penny pincher, cheapskate, flay-flint, tightwad), 구두쇠 (tightwad, miser, cheapskate, screw, skin), 심술쟁이 (crab, crank, hornet, hunks). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Hebrew הכיתח הלודג (hunk, hunks). Additional references: Hebrew, Israel, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
High Arabic كتل (mass, masses, lump, agglomerate, ball). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
High German Brocken (chunk, gobbet, whopper, boulder, boulders), Stücke (bites, pieces, shticks, portions, hunks). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Hochdeutsch Brocken (chunk, gobbet, whopper, boulder, boulders), Stücke (bites, pieces, shticks, portions, hunks). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Hungarian nagy darab (chunk, gobbet, hunk, hunch, chunks), fösvény (avaricious, miserly, stingy, miser, niggard). Additional references: Hungarian, Hungary, Austria, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Indonesian irisan besar (hunk, hunks). Additional references: Indonesian, Indonesia, Java, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Italian taccagno (stingy, miser, niggardly, hunks, miserly), spilorcia (hunks, stingy), persona gretta (hunks, meanie, meany), fusti (hunks), avaro (avaricious, stingy, miserly, mean, miser), avaraccio (hunks, skinflint). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Ivrit הכיתח הלודג (hunk, hunks). Additional references: Ivrit, Israel, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese 欲張り (greed, covetousness, avarice, miser, greediness), 意地悪な人 (curmudgeon, hunks, meanie), けちん坊 (miser, niggard, tightwad, cheapskate, chuff), 意地悪 (ill-tempered, unkind, malicious, bitchiness, cantankerousness), けちんぼ (churl, curmudgeon, hunks, miser, muckworm). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Khalkha Mongolian нарийн хїн (hunks), бирд хїн (hunks). Additional references: Khalkha Mongolian, Mongolia, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Khalkha (transliteration) nariyn khїn (hunks), bird khїn (hunks). Additional references: Khalkha Mongolian, Mongolia, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Korean 노랑이 (hunks, penny pincher, cheapskate, flay-flint, tightwad), 구두쇠 (tightwad, miser, cheapskate, screw, skin), 심술쟁이 (crab, crank, hornet, hunks). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Latvian skopulis (churl, curmudgeon, hunks, miser, niggard), sīkstulis (churl, hunks, miser, muckworm, scrimp). Additional references: Latvian, Latvia, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Latviska skopulis (churl, curmudgeon, hunks, miser, niggard), sīkstulis (churl, hunks, miser, muckworm, scrimp). Additional references: Latviska, Latvia, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Lettisch skopulis (churl, curmudgeon, hunks, miser, niggard), sīkstulis (churl, hunks, miser, muckworm, scrimp). Additional references: Lettisch, Latvia, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Lettish skopulis (churl, curmudgeon, hunks, miser, niggard), sīkstulis (churl, hunks, miser, muckworm, scrimp). Additional references: Lettish, Latvia, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Lietuvi šykštuolis (close file, close liver, curmudgeon, hunks, muckworm), niurzga (a wet blanket, crank, grouch, growler, hunks), bambeklis (crank, grouse, growler, hunks, nark). Additional references: Lietuvi, Lithuania, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Litauische šykštuolis (close file, close liver, curmudgeon, hunks, muckworm), niurzga (a wet blanket, crank, grouch, growler, hunks), bambeklis (crank, grouse, growler, hunks, nark). Additional references: Litauische, Lithuania, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Litewski šykštuolis (close file, close liver, curmudgeon, hunks, muckworm), niurzga (a wet blanket, crank, grouch, growler, hunks), bambeklis (crank, grouse, growler, hunks, nark). Additional references: Litewski, Lithuania, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Lithuanian šykštuolis (close file, close liver, curmudgeon, hunks, muckworm), niurzga (a wet blanket, crank, grouch, growler, hunks), bambeklis (crank, grouse, growler, hunks, nark). Additional references: Lithuanian, Lithuania, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Litovskiy šykštuolis (close file, close liver, curmudgeon, hunks, muckworm), niurzga (a wet blanket, crank, grouch, growler, hunks), bambeklis (crank, grouse, growler, hunks, nark). Additional references: Litovskiy, Lithuania, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Liutuviskai šykštuolis (close file, close liver, curmudgeon, hunks, muckworm), niurzga (a wet blanket, crank, grouch, growler, hunks), bambeklis (crank, grouse, growler, hunks, nark). Additional references: Liutuviskai, Lithuania, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Magyar nagy darab (chunk, gobbet, hunk, hunch, chunks), fösvény (avaricious, miserly, stingy, miser, niggard). Additional references: Magyar, Hungary, Austria, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Moldavian halca (hunk, hunks). Additional references: Moldavian, Romania, Hungary, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Mongol нарийн хїн (hunks), бирд хїн (hunks). Additional references: Mongol, Mongolia, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Mongol (transliteration) nariyn khїn (hunks), bird khїn (hunks). Additional references: Mongol, Mongolia, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Mongolian нарийн хїн (hunks), бирд хїн (hunks). Additional references: Mongolian, Mongolia, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Mongolian (transliteration) nariyn khїn (hunks), bird khїn (hunks). Additional references: Mongolian, Mongolia, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Panjabi (Eastern Dialect) ਸ਼ੂਮ (churl, hunks, miser, niggard, stingy). Additional references: Panjabi (Eastern Dialect), India, Kenya, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Parsi تكه بزرگ (hunk, chump, hunks). Additional references: Parsi, Iran, Indo-European, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Persian تكه بزرگ (hunk, chump, hunks). Additional references: Persian, Iran, Indo-European, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Persian (Farsi) تكه بزرگ (hunk, chump, hunks). Additional references: Persian (Farsi), Iran, Indo-European, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Polish kromka (slice, hunk, hunks, chunk, slicing). Additional references: Polish, Poland, Czech Republic, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Polnisch kromka (slice, hunk, hunks, chunk, slicing). Additional references: Polnisch, Poland, Czech Republic, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Polski kromka (slice, hunk, hunks, chunk, slicing). Additional references: Polski, Poland, Czech Republic, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Portuguese velho (old, ancient, antique, elderly, aged), unhas-de-fome (hunks). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Punjabi ਸ਼ੂਮ (churl, hunks, miser, niggard, stingy). Additional references: Punjabi, India, Kenya, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Romanian halca (hunk, hunks). Additional references: Romanian, Romania, Hungary, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Rumanian halca (hunk, hunks). Additional references: Rumanian, Romania, Hungary, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian скряга (skinflint, scrooge, miser, hunks, tightwad). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian (transliteration) skryaga (skinflint, scrooge, miser, hunks, tightwad). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki скряга (skinflint, scrooge, miser, hunks, tightwad). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki (transliteration) skryaga (skinflint, scrooge, miser, hunks, tightwad). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Serbian (transliteration) matora cicija (hunks, hunk), stipsa (alum, door scraper, hunk, hunks, save all). Additional references: Serbian (transliteration), hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Siamese ก้อนใหญ่ชิ้นใหญ่ (hunk, hunks). Additional references: Siamese, Thailand, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Somkhuri ժլատ մարդ (hunks). Additional references: Somkhuri, Armenia, Azerbaijan, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Standard Thai ก้อนใหญ่ชิ้นใหญ่ (hunk, hunks). Additional references: Standard Thai, Thailand, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Suomea köntti (hunk, hunks). Additional references: Suomea, Finland, Russia (Europe), hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Suomi köntti (hunk, hunks). Additional references: Suomi, Finland, Russia (Europe), hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Thai ก้อนใหญ่ชิ้นใหญ่ (hunk, hunks). Additional references: Thai, Thailand, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Thaiklang ก้อนใหญ่ชิ้นใหญ่ (hunk, hunks). Additional references: Thaiklang, Thailand, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Ukrainian Шмат (hunks, cantle). Additional references: Ukrainian, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Ukrainian (transliteration) shmat (hunks, cantle). Additional references: Ukrainian, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Urdu خسیس۔ بخیل۔ کنجوس (hunks). Additional references: Urdu, Pakistan, India, hunks. (volunteer & more translations)
Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations). Top

Constructed Language Translations: HUNKS

Language Translations for “hunks” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag hathagunks (hunks). Additional references: Athag, hunks. (volunteer)
Double Dutch hagunks (hunks). Additional references: Double Dutch, hunks. (volunteer)
Leet <~>(_)|\|x (hunks). Additional references: Leet, hunks. (volunteer)
Oppish hopunks (hunks). Additional references: Oppish, hunks. (volunteer)
Pig Latin unkshay (hunks). Additional references: Pig Latin, hunks. (volunteer)
Terran B saorsuni (hunks). Additional references: Terran B, hunks. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi hubunks (hunks). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, hunks. (volunteer)
Source: compiled by the editor. Top