hench

noun, verb, adj — 7 senses

hench

noun

/hɛnt͡ʃ/

Etymology Variant of haunch.

1

Architecture The narrow side of chimney stack, a haunch.

2

Architecture The side of an arch from the topmost part (crown) to the bottommost part (impost).

3

Scotland A limp; lameness.

hench

verb

Etymology Variant of haunch.

1

Scotland To halt or limp.

hench

adj

Etymology Clipping of henchman.

1

UK, Slang Big, strong, and muscular.

He's well hench.
That's a seriously hench doorman.

2

Multicultural London English, UK, Slang Impressive, good, cool.

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.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:

Synonyms: buff, enormous, swoll, large
Related terms: henchfolk, henchwench

hench

verb

Etymology Clipping of henchman.

1

Comics, Literature, Media, Publishing 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.2010 May 3, Jon Colton Barry, Piero Piluso, “The Beak”, in Phineas and Ferb, season 2, episode 27:
[Clayton Cole:] Sully? Hey, how you been, man? Haven't seen you since... [Sully:] Since we henched for the Owl.2016, Christos Gage, Civil War II: Amazing Spider-Man, number 1, →ISBN, page 31:

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