Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
hunk , 2.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Slang, U. S. All right; in a good condition; also, even; square.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective slang Exhibiting strong, masculine beauty.
- adjective Shaped like a
hunk , or piece;chunky . - noun North America, slang, ethnic slur A person of
Hungarian orSlavic , especiallyUkrainian , descent.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Probably Dutch hunke, 19th century.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From the older hunk, probably alteration of Hungarian. Compare bohunk.
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