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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Perfectly satisfactory; fine.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as hunky, hunk, 2.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Probably alteration of hunky, safe, all right, from obsolete hunk, goal, home in a game, from Dutch honk, from Frisian hunk.]

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