hench
See also: Hench
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Variant of haunch.
Noun edit
hench (plural henches)
- (architecture) The narrow side of chimney stack, a haunch.
- (architecture) The side of an arch from the topmost part (crown) to the bottommost part (impost).
- (Scotland) A limp; lameness.
Verb edit
hench (third-person singular simple present henches, present participle henching, simple past and past participle henched)
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
hench (third-person singular simple present henches, present participle henching, simple past and past participle henched)
- (comics) To be a henchman or henchwoman, usually for a supervillain.
Adjective edit
hench (comparative hencher, superlative henchest)
- (UK, slang, MLE) Big, strong, and muscular.
- He's well hench.
- That's a seriously hench doorman.
- 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[1]:
- 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.
Synonyms edit
- (muscular): buff, enormous, swoll; see also Thesaurus:strapping or Thesaurus:large