pukka Definition
pukka (puk′ə)
adjective
- Anglo-Ind. good or first-rate of its kind
- 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
Browse dictionary entries near pukka
- ‹ puke
- ‹ puissant
- ‹ puisne
- ‹ Puig, Manuel
- ‹ pugnacious
- ‹ Puglia
- ‹ pugilist
- ‹ pugilism
- ‹ puggree
- ‹ Puget Sound
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