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chunker

chunker noun: an obese or overweight person.

Noun (1)

chunker (plural chunkers)

  1. (informal) An obese or overweight person
    • I love fat people. Chubby-chasing is my hobby. I enjoy nothing more than waving a vanilla slice under some chunker's nose, tying it to my bumper bar with a string of jelly snakes then driving round the block at gelati-van pace2009, Catherine Deveny, Free to a Good Home, page 193
    • Double-breasted on a chunker can sometimes be a really sad look, but on me this thing is L'uomo Vogue!2011, Bil Wright, Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy, page 37

Noun (2)

chunker (plural chunkers)

  1. A software tool for dividing text into chunks.

Noun (3)

chunker (plural chunkers)

  1. (US, slang) An M79 grenade launcher.

Forms of chunker

pluralchunkers

Origin of chunker

From chunky + -er (Oxford -er).

From chunk (“divide into chunks”) + -er.

Onomatopoeic, or from chunk (“throw”), with -er.

Words that rhyme with chunker

Questions about chunker

What does chunker mean?
Chunker means an obese or overweight person.
What part of speech is chunker?
Chunker is a noun.
What is the plural of chunker?
The plural of chunker is chunkers.

Words near chunker in the dictionary

  1. chunka
  2. chunkable
  3. chunkay
  4. chunked
  5. chunkee
  6. chunker
  7. chunkers
  8. chunkey
  9. chunkful
  10. chunkfuls
  11. chunkier

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