HUNKY


Meaning of HUNKY in English

hunky 1

/hung"kee/ , adj. Slang.

1. satisfactory; well; right.

2. even; leaving no balance.

[ 1860-65, Amer.; orig. uncert. ]

hunky 2

/hung"kee/ , n. , pl. hunkies . ( sometimes cap. ) Slang ( disparaging and offensive ).

a person of Hungarian or Slavic descent, esp. an unskilled or semiskilled worker. Also, hunkie .

[ 1895-1900; perh. HUNG(ARIAN) (with devoicing of -g-, influenced by HUNK) + -Y 2 ; cf. BOHUNK ]

hunky 3

/hung"kee/ , adj., hunkier, hunkiest .

Slang. (of a male) having a handsome, well-developed physique.

[ 1910-15; HUNK + -Y 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .