chonker dog

9.1

A very large, overweight dog that looks heavy

noun

Slang

: perro gordo

The vet recommended a diet for their chonker dog to help it lose weight.

Examples

My roommate's chonker dog takes up half the couch when he sprawls out for a nap.
Look at that chonker dog waddling down the street!
On social media, photos of his chonker dog went viral for its adorable size.
My neighbor has a chonker dog that loves to eat.
My roommate's chonker dog takes up half the couch when he sprawls out for a nap.
The vet recommended a diet for their chonker dog to help it lose weight.
Look at that chonker dog waddling down the street!

Antonyms

to slim

8 2.4

To become thinner by losing fat

Surface Forms

chonker dog singular

chonker dogs plural

Morphology

chonker + dog

The phrase is a simple modifier + noun construction: if a learner knows 'chonker' (slang for a notably large/overweight animal) and 'dog', the meaning 'a dog that is notably overweight or large' is directly inferable from the constituents. Note that 'chonker' is an informal/neologistic item not present in standard dictionaries, so while the compound itself is compositional, learners unfamiliar with the slang term will not be able to infer the meaning.

Etymology

Chonker dog may come from the playful change of the word chunk to chonker, which creates the funny image of a very round, heavy pet that takes up a lot of space. So people use chonker dog to mean 'a dog that is very large or overweight'.