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chonky

UK/ˈt͡ʃɒŋki//ˈtʃɑŋki/

chonky is the alternative form of chonk.

Meaning of chonk

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
    Synonyms:
    chonky, thicc
    Antonyms:
    smol

See all 3 meanings of chonk

Forms of chonky

comparativechonkier
superlativechonkiest

Origin of chonky

Modification of chunky, equivalent to chonk + -y.

Words formed from chonky

Questions about chonky

What is chonky the alternative form of?
Chonky is the alternative form of chonk.
How do you pronounce chonky?
Chonky is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃɒŋki/ (UK).

Words near chonky in the dictionary

  1. chonkiness
  2. chonking
  3. chonking up
  4. chonks
  5. chonks up
  6. chonky
  7. chonmage
  8. Chono
  9. chonolith
  10. Chonos
  11. chonotropic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chonky (page history and authors); chonk (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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