hunky

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hunky^¹

/ˈhʌŋ.ki/ Canada, US, UK
/ˈhɐŋ.ki/ Australia, New Zealand
/ˈhʊŋ.ki/ Northern England

Rhymes with -ʌŋki

adjective hunkier · hunkiest

informal 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. […] he dropped like a brick into the firing line and began to shoot; began to get "hunky" with all those people who had been plugging at him.

hunky^²

/ˈhʌŋ.ki/ Canada, US, UK
/ˈhɐŋ.ki/ Australia, New Zealand
/ˈhʊŋ.ki/ Northern England

Rhymes with -ʌŋki

Where it comes from

From the older *hunk, probably alteration of Hungarian + -ie/-y. Compare bohunk and honky / honkey.

noun hunkies · hunkie · hunkey

US, ethnic, slang, slur, uncommon A Hungarian or other eastern European, e.g. a Romanian or a Slav. (Sometimes applied (like honky) to any white person.) "All hunkies and wops, and no wonder there was seven hundred and fifty of them."

Hunky^³

noun Hunkies

Alternative letter-case form of hunky (“Hungarian, eastern European”).

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@misc{hunky_2026,
  title = {hunky},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hunky},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}