Hench
/hɛnt͡ʃ/ adj, name, noun, verb, slang
adj, name, noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The narrow side of chimney stack, a haunch.
- 2 The side of an arch from the topmost part (crown) to the bottommost part (impost).
- 3 A limp; lameness. Scotland
Verb
- 1 To halt or limp. Scotland
- 2 To be a henchman or henchwoman, usually for a supervillain.
"Candace Flynn (Ashley Tisdale): I told you! You're my henchman. Hench or something. / Stacy Hirano (Kelly Hu): Oh, no. You did not just tell me to hench."
Adjective
- 1 Big, strong, and muscular. UK, slang
"He's well hench."
- 2 Impressive, good, cool. Multicultural-London-English, UK, slang
"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."
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"Candace Flynn (Ashley Tisdale): I told you! You're my henchman. Hench or something. / Stacy Hirano (Kelly Hu): Oh, no. You did not just tell me to hench."
Etymology
Etymology 1
Variant of haunch.
Etymology 2
Clipping of henchman.
Etymology 3
Possibly a variant of Hinch.