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hunk [n]
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Meaning:
- a handsome, muscular, beefy and attractive man.
Examples:
- There are so many hunks in our gym.
- Look at his boyfriend! He is such a hunk.
Synonym idioms for the idiom “hunk”
Stud
A man how has a lot of partners and is very proud of him.
- He behaves like stud and boasts about how girls ask him out.
- Everyone at the class know him as the town stud.
- He tries to be known as a stud, but I think it’s kind of embarrassing.
- Remember him in college?! He thought he was a real stud and flirted with everyone he met.
Beefcake
An attractive muscular handsome man who attracts girls.
- The actor walked onto the red carpet of Oscar. He looked like a beefcake.
- She stared at the beefcake who was lifting weights at the gym.
- Not only is he a beefcake, he’s actually smart and sweet too.
- Every year, the magazine releases a special beefcake and pictures hottest athletes.
Super stud
A super stud man is much more attractive than a stud man.
- When he walked on the street, everyone sees him sounds like a super stud is coming.
- He’s not just a ladies’ man. He’s a super stud with good looking face.
- All the girls at the beach were gazing at the super stud with muscular body.
- The single boy acts like a super stud.
muscleman
A man who has worked out in the gym a lot and made his body and muscles strong.
- The muscleman’s biceps flex as he bends his elbows.
- Everyone at the gym looks up to him. He’s the only muscleman at this gym.
- She asked the muscleman how to lift weights properly.
- You could tell he was a muscleman because his t-shirt fits his arms!
Hercules
Used to describe a man who is physically strong.
- Haha! He thought he was a real Hercules before he started lifting that huge sofa but he couldn’t.
- Everyone called him Hercules because of his huge muscles.
- You may think he is Hercules, but he’s actually the gentlest guy you’ll ever meet.
- Three of us to move the box, but that Hercules did it alone without breaking even for a moment.
macho
To humorously say that a man is brave or strong.
- He tried to show himself as a macho by carrying four heavy grocery bags at once.
- Don’t be so macho! It’s okay to ask for help sometimes!
- After fixing the car by himself, he walked proudly like a macho man.
- He struts across the street like macho, but he scares of a little ant.
stud muffin
An attractive sexy man.
- His wife introduced him to us “my stud muffin, Harold.”
- The movie star is a total stud muffin. Girls was crushing on him.
- She called her boyfriend a stud muffin after he surprised her with a gift.
- That gym trainer is nice and strong. He’s a stud muffin with charm.
he-man
Used to describe a strong man in a witty way.
- He tried to carry that heavy box like the he-man that he saw in that movie.
- You cannot show you as a he-man by just opening a little jar.
- By two sessions working out in the gym, he’s been walking like he’s kind of a he-man.
- His wife teased him by calling him a he-man, after he carried the sofa to the second floor.
pretty boy
A beautiful handsome sexy boy.
- Don’t let his pretty boy fool you. Apparently, he’s tougher than he looks.
- Every time that pretty boy comes here, all girls look at him.
- Have you seen that pretty boy with curly hair and muscular body?
- They teased him that pretty boy, but secretly everyone asks his number.
Adonis
A very attractive young man.
- When he walked in, looking like an Adonis, everyone turned their heads so can see him.
- All girls honored talking to such an Adonis.
- With that beautiful beard and those eyes, we can say that he is a real Adonis.
- He’s not just an Adonis. I think he’s funny, smart, and kind too!
lady-killer
To exaggeratingly say a man is beautiful enough to kill girls.
- Did you see the way he smiled? I knew he is a lady-killer.
- Every time he put that suit on, he becomes a lady-killer.
- He’s the kind of lady-killer who doesn’t even try. Girls just faint for him.
- “Take a look at that boy,” she whispered, “he’s a lady-killer, and he is aware of that.”
virile man
A man who has the quality of being male like being strong or brave.
- Your father had the face of a very virile man that every girl liked, when he was young.
- Everyone admired him. Not just for his manner, but for being a virile man.
- She really has fallen in love with him because of his voice and his confidence. He looks really like a virile man.
- In the face of danger, the virile man stood brave.
hottie
Sexually attractive man.
- We met new guy at the café today. He was that hottie that Becky couldn’t stop gazing at.
- She tapped on her friend to see the hottie who smiled at me.
- He knows all girls here know him as a hottie. Just look at the way he walks like he owns the room.
- Summer’s here, and the beach is full of hotties without shirt.
heart-throb
A celebrity man who is very attractive to women.
- The newly worked actor is already being called Hollywood’s latest heart-throb.
- She had posters of all 1980s movie star heart-throbs on her bedroom wall.
- With such a cute smile and the attractive face, he became a heart-throb.
- Every time the heart-throb appeared on screen; the audience go into ecstasy.
babe/chick magnet
A man whom women think he is so handsome.
- Jusef was a chick magnet who attracted women and caused they cut their hand while peeling the fruit.
- He made himself a babe magnet by wearing the leather jacket.
- Even his dog acts like a babe magnet when they walk through the park together!
- He doesn’t even try to be a chick magnet just comes naturally.
red-blooded male
To humorously say that a man has any characteristics of typical man.
- Of course, can fix everything that gets broken. He is tall talks gently and has a nice face. I think he’s a red-blooded male.
- She laughed angrily and told him “Hey red-blooded male! It’s not true to gaze at any girl you see on your way.”
- She has been waiting for a red-blooded male to come and ask her to be his wife.
- At first sight, he seems to be a red-blooded male, but he cried during that movie!