HUNKY

Etymology 1

Adjective

hunky (comparative hunkier, superlative hunkiest)

(slang) Exhibiting strong, masculine beauty.

Shaped like a hunk, or piece; chunky.

(US, slang) All right; in good condition.

(US, slang) even; square; on equal footing with

Etymology 2

Noun

hunky (plural hunkies)

(North America, slang, ethnic slur) A lower-class person of Hungarian, Romanian, or Slavic, especially Ruthenian, descent.

Source: Wiktionary


Hunk"y, a. [Perh. fr. Hunk.]

Definition: All right; in a good condition; also, even; square. [Slang, U. S.]

He . . . began to shoot; began to get "hunky" with all those people who had been plugging at him. Stephen Crane.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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