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chonk

UK/t͡ʃɒnk/

chonk is the alternative form of chank.

Meaning of chank

Noun (1)

chank (plural chanks)

  1. (India) The large spiral shell of several species of sea conch, much used in making bangles, especially Turbinella pyrum.

Noun (2)

chank (plural chanks)

  1. (derogatory, euphemistic, offensive) chink.

See all 3 meanings of chank

Adjective

chonk (not comparable)

  1. (Internet, slang) Adorably fat or large.
    • A Twitter post intended to celebrate a funny photo of Abby, a “chonk” sea otter at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California, instead stirred an online maelstrom of criticism, KNTV reports.2018 December 20, Don Sweeney, “Aquarium apologizes for ‘offensive’ Twitter post praising Abby the ‘thicc’ otter”, in The Sacramento Bee, archived from the original on 27 Sep 2020
    • The shelter posted a photo of an employee holding the “chonk” cat last Thursday, […]2019, "Big love," Philadelphia Weekly, 29 August-5 September 2019, page 5
    Synonyms:
    chonky, thicc
    Antonyms:
    smol

Noun

chonk (plural chonks)

  1. (Internet, slang) An adorably fat or large creature, particularly a cat.
    • Candy's Cat Rescue will have adoptable chonks, slonks and floofs on hand for you.2019 February 27, Sarah Cavacini, “AFCA Cat Show: Mardi Paws Gone Wild”, in Orlando Weekly, page 77
    • (Murder is the lanky half-tabby, Mayhem the Holstein chonk).2019, “Our Best Friends”, in YES! Weekly, 12-18 June 2019, page 20

Verb

chonk (third-person singular simple present chonks, present participle chonking, simple past and past participle chonked)

  1. Synonym of chonk up.
    • Buckets has been chonked2023 November 15, sterlingthepenguin, r/BLAHAJ, Reddit, archived from the original on 26 Jun 2025
    • This boy is chonking beyond chonk this winter, figured y'all would appreciate the tummy!2024 January 25, Niborus_Rex, r/ferrets, Reddit, archived from the original on 16 Dec 2025
    Synonyms:
    chonk up

Synonyms of chonk

Antonyms

Forms of chonk

Noun
pluralchonks
Verb
third-person singular presentchonks
present participlechonking
past participlechonked
pastchonked

Origin of chonk

Pronunciation spelling of chunk(y).

Words formed from chonk

Questions about chonk

What does chonk mean?
Chonk means adorably fat or large.
What is chonk the alternative form of?
Chonk is the alternative form of chank.
What part of speech is chonk?
Chonk can be an adjective, a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce chonk?
Chonk is pronounced /t͡ʃɒnk/ (UK).

Words near chonk in the dictionary

  1. Choni
  2. chonies
  3. chonite
  4. chonites
  5. Chonju
  6. chonk
  7. chonk up
  8. chonked
  9. chonked up
  10. chonker
  11. chonkers

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: chonk (page history and authors); chank (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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