hunky
1Hunky — Hunk y, a. [Perh. fr. {Hunk}.] 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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …
2Hunky — may be:*A derogatory American slang term for immigrants of Ruthenian, Hungarian or Slovak descent, originating in the political status of the homeland of many such immigrants, the Austro Hungarian Empire. See Hunky Culture *A reference to the… …
3hunky — hunky1 [huŋ′kē] n. pl. hunkies [? altered < HUNGARIAN] [often H ] Slang a person from EC Europe or of Hungarian or Slavic extraction: a vulgar term of hostility and contempt: also sp. hunkie, hunkey hunky2 [huŋ′kē] adj. hunkier, hunkiest Slang …
4hunky — UK [ˈhʌŋkɪ] / US adjective Word forms hunky : adjective hunky comparative hunkier superlative hunkiest informal a man who is hunky is physically strong and sexually attractive …
5hunky — adjective (hunkier; est) Date: 1972 being a hunk ; attractive and usually well built < the film s hunky leading man > …
6hunky — hunk|y [ˈhʌŋki] adj a man who is hunky is sexually attractive and has a big strong body →↑macho …
7hunky — hunk|y [ hʌŋki ] adjective INFORMAL a man who is hunky is physically strong and sexually attractive …
8hunky — adjective a man who is hunky is attractive and strong looking …
9hunky — I. /ˈhʌŋki/ (say hungkee) adjective Colloquial → hunky dory. II. /ˈhʌŋki/ (say hungkee) noun (plural hunkies) US Colloquial (derogatory) (racist) an unskilled or semiskilled worker of foreign birth, especially a Hungarian. Compare bohunk …
10hunky — hunk ► NOUN 1) a large piece cut or broken from something larger. 2) informal a sexually attractive man. DERIVATIVES hunky adjective. ORIGIN probably Dutch or Low German …