hench

plural henches

1. architectureThe narrow side of chimney stack, a haunch.
2. architectureThe side of an arch from the topmost part (crown) to the bottommost part (impost).
3. ScotlandA limp; lameness.

present singular third person henches · participle present henching · participle past henched · past henched

1. ScotlandTo halt or limp.

present singular third person henches · participle present henching · participle past henched · past henched

1. comicsTo be a henchman or henchwoman, usually for a supervillain.

   [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

   1 more example

   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

comparative hencher · superlative henchest

1. UKslangBig, strong, and muscular.

   He's well hench.

   1 more example

   That's a seriously hench doorman.

   Synonyms: buff

2. Multicultural London EnglishUKslangImpressive, 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

plural Henches

1. A surname.