/boh"hungk'/ , n.
1. Slang ( disparaging and offensive ). an unskilled or semiskilled foreign-born laborer, esp. from east central or southeastern Europe. Cf. hunky 2 .
2. a rough, stupid person.
[ 1900-05, Amer.; BO(HEMIAN) + HUNG(ARIAN), with devoicing of the g ]