chunky
14
3.4
- adjective
- /ˈtʃʌŋki/
:
rechoncho
- And this short, chunky guy with pale white skin comes walking down the beach, and he's wearing a bathing suit, black socks, and black shoes.
- chunky kid
- chunky man
- chunky woman
This is a chunky, chunky book and this was wonderful.
- This is a chunky, chunky book and this was wonderful.
- I also picked up this huge chunky knit cardigan.
- They're they're chunky, they're big, but I also kind of really like them.
- But they were like big chunky, you know, multi figure rings.
- So pretty chunky, but we can do this.
- I have to choke down these huge horse pills, Chunky, chunky horse pills.
Examples
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She chose a chunky sweater to keep warm during the winter months.
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Is your dad the guy with the chunky arms?
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Hey, you see this, uh, kind of chunky fellow over here?
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The chunky American, driving for home.
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"Your real mother must have been a chunky woman with a double chin," she declared.
Fiction book (2002) -
And when you saw a fairly chunky person, it meant that they were wealthy.
Blog text (32) -
In gratitude, he dreamed of William, his chunky cousin, long dead.
Fiction book (1998) -
Ms. Vitovsky was this chunky little woman who took everything seriously.
Fiction book (1999) -
I only know that she had very short, chunky, iron-gray hair and a thick body.
Fiction book (1995) -
His blue eyes, behind spectacles, looked too large for his bald head, and his body was chunky.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
88
1.0
Having a solid wide body or wide arms and legs
24
4.6
A large, strong person with heavy muscles
20
2.8
Short and wide in body with a solid build
16
4.0
A large strong person or animal with big, heavy muscles
12
3.7
Being large and heavy in size or build
5
5.0
Short and thick in build, often making a person or animal look clumsy
4
4.7
Short and thick, often with stubby legs
4
4.0
Having a thick, square or rectangular shape with straight edges
1
5.9
Being short and low with a thick, sturdy shape
1
4.6
Short and wide, low to the ground
1
4.1
A person or animal that has a wide, heavy body
1
3.7
A little fat in a soft, round way
Antonyms
Compounds
How Stocky
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Chunky also comes from chunk ('thick piece') plus -y ('having' or 'full of'), and so it came to mean 'short and thick' in shape as well. That's why we call a heavy sweater or a puppy with a solid body 'chunky'.