Definition of Hunky

1. a. All right; in a good condition; also, even; square.

Definition of Hunky

1. Adjective. (slang) Exhibiting strong, masculine beauty. ¹

2. Adjective. Hunk-shaped. ¹

3. Noun. (North America slang ethnic slur) A person of Hungarian or Slavic, especially Ukrainian, descent. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hunky

1. muscular and attractive [adj HUNKIER, HUNKIEST]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hunky

hunkered
hunkered down
hunkering
hunkerism
hunkers
hunkey
hunkeys
hunkier
hunkies
hunkiest
hunkily
hunkiness
hunkish
hunks
hunkses
hunky (current term)
hunky-dory
hunky dory
hunky punk
hunnert
hunnerts
hunnish
hunny
huns
hunseemly
hunt
hunt's-up
hunt's-ups
hunt-and-peck
hunt and peck

Literary usage of Hunky

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. "Dame Curtsey's" Book of Novel Entertainments for Every Day in the Year by Ellye Howell Glover (1907)
"The King of hunky-Bunky THIS is a game which sounds very simple, but never fails to create amusement. Select two persons, place them at opposite sides of ..."

2. Indiana Writers of Poems and Proseby Edward Joseph Hamilton by Edward Joseph Hamilton (1902)
"Now there was old hunky Ball, a famous character of the Wabash country who ... On a Christinas many years ago hunky went to the county seat on his annual ..."

3. A Treasury of Humorous Poetry: Being a Compilation of Witty, Facetious, and by Frederic Lawrence Knowles (1902)
"This hunky Kid, of whom they spoke, Belonged to the PR; He always had his hair cut short, And always had catarrh. His voice was gruff, his language rough, ..."

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