hunks
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Origin unknown.
Noun
hunks (plural hunkses)
- (slang, dated) A crotchety or surly person.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:
- 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.
- A stingy man; a miser.
Etymology 2
Inflected forms.
Noun
hunks
Further reading
- “hunks”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.