Definition of hunky
hunkier
;hunkiest
: being a hunk : attractive and usually well-built the film's hunky leading man
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A romance novelist — who has sworn off relationships herself — embarks on a research mission for her latest endeavor, about a hunky member of the Navy SEALs, and signs up for a boot camp.
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1972
First Known Use of hunky
1972
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Definition of Hunky
Hunkies
dated, usually disparaging + offensive
: a person of central or east European birth or descent
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Teresa Palmer is Clare, an Australian photographer who abandons a backpacking tour of Germany to have a fling with the hunky, helpful Andi.
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Origin and Etymology of hunky
alteration of Hungarian
First Known Use: circa 1896
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