1. Feeling hunger; having a keen appetite; feeling uneasiness or distress from want of food; hence, having an eager desire.
2. Showing hunger or a craving desire; voracious. The cruel, hungry foam. C. Kingsley. Cassius has a lean and hungry look. Shak.
3. Not rich or fertile; poor; barren; starved; as, a hungry soil. "The hungry beach." Shak.
HUNK
Hunk, n. Etym: [Cf. Hunch.]
Defn: A large lump or piece; a hunch; as, a hunk of bread. [Colloq.]
HUNKER
Hun"ker, n.
Defn: Originally, a nickname for a member of the conservative section of the Democratic party in New York; hence, one opposed to progress in general; a fogy. [Political Cant, U.S.]
HUNKERISM
Hun"ker*ism, n.
Defn: Excessive conservatism; hostility to progress. [Political Cant,
U.S.]
HUNKERS
Hun"kers, n. pl. [See Hunker.]