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pukka Definition

pukka (pukə)

adjective

  1. Anglo-Ind. good or first-rate of its kind
  2. genuine; real

Etymology: Hindi pakka, ripe, of full weight, cooked < Sans pakva < IE base *pekw-, to cook

pukka Usage Examples

Adjective complement with noun phrase

assume: And why would it lead you to, " assume bearings pukka " ?

Modifies a noun

  • job: To avoid leaving any humps and bumps, you may finish off the job with the brush for a really pukka job.
  • car: But that's probably something the designers can sort out with the pukka '98 cars, rather than with this year's models modified.
  • builder: The pukka builder will have disputes just like the rest of us.
  • stuff: My wife reads much less, mostly sticking to pukka academic stuff ( what with that being her job an ' all ).

Modifying Another Word

  • pretty: Finally got about 90 % of our new PA in, sounds pretty pukka.
  • really: To avoid leaving any humps and bumps, you may finish off the job with the brush for a really pukka job.
  • just: The last [ script ] draft we got was just pukka.
  • very: It sounds a very pukka joint that she is going to anyway.

Used with adjective complement

  • sound: Finally got about 90 % of our new PA in, sounds pretty pukka.
  • look: Goods delivered as promised fitted in half an hour my little baby looks pukka!

Browse dictionary entries near pukka

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  8. pugilism
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