English
chunky
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈtʃʌŋki/
Adjective

chunky (comparative chunkier, superlative chunkiest)

  1. Having chunks.
    I ate a chunky bar of chocolate.
    • 2012, Giuliano Hazan, Giuliano Hazan's Thirty Minute Pasta: 100 Quick and Easy Recipes, Open Road Media (ISBN 9781453286326)
      They are traditionally served with meat sauces, but are also good with chunky vegetable sauces.
  2. (euphemistic, of a person) Fat.
    I prefer chunky blonde girls to skinny brunettes.
    • 2009, Dan Elconin, Never After, Simon and Schuster (ISBN 9781416996972), page 112:
      “Nigel used to be chunky, huh?” “I was not chunky,” Nigel said testily. “I was just... hefty .
    • 2011, Broxin Delano, Black Sparrow, BalboaPress (ISBN 9781452532332), page 19:
      In sixth grade I was first propositioned by a chunky girl named Tijuana Downs. She called me on the telephone one evening and asked me if I would like to be her boyfriend.
  3. Of a cat: having a large, solid bodyline.
    The British Shorthair has a distinctively chunky body, dense coat and broad face.
Synonyms Translations Translations Noun

chunky (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of chunkey Native American game.


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