hunky

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈhʌŋ.ki/ (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈhɐŋ.ki/ (Northern England) IPA(key): /ˈhʊŋ.ki/ Rhymes: -ʌŋki === Etymology 1 === From hunk +‎ -y. ==== Adjective ==== hunky (comparative hunkier, superlative 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. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== hunk === Etymology 2 === From the older *hunk, probably alteration of Hungarian +‎ -ie/-y. Compare bohunk and honky / honkey. ==== Alternative forms ==== hunkie, hunkey ==== Noun ==== hunky (plural hunkies) (US, slang, now uncommon, ethnic slur) A Hungarian or other eastern European, e.g. a Romanian or a Slav. (Sometimes applied (like honky) to any white person.) 1969, Robert Beck (Iceberg Slim), Trick Baby, page 149: He said, "I'm going to buy this building and turn this into a Nigger bar. I'm going to bar all you fucking hunkies." ==== References ==== Katherine Barber, editor (1998), “hunky”, in The Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Don Mills, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN. == Slovak == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɦunki] === Noun === hunky inflection of hunka: nominative/accusative plural genitive singular