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chunkey

chunkey noun: a sport or game played by the Cherokee and other Native Americans in the Carolinas, which involved rolling stone disks across the ground and throwing spears at them in an attempt to land the spear as close to the stopped stone as possible.

Noun

chunkey (uncountable)

  1. A sport or game played by the Cherokee and other Native Americans in the Carolinas, which involved rolling stone disks across the ground and throwing spears at them in an attempt to land the spear as close to the stopped stone as possible.

Forms of chunkey

alternative formchenco
alternative formchungke
alternative formchungkee
alternative formchunkee
alternative formchunky
alternative formtchungke
alternative formtchungkee
alternative formtchung-kee

Origin of chunkey

From the undocumented language(s) (potentially Sioux-Catawban) of the Shoccoree–Eno–Adshusheer peoples of north-central North Carolina (roughly corresponding to the Research Triangle and the Piedmont Triad regions). The earliest attestation is as “chenco” in John Lawson’s 1709 travelogue.

Questions about chunkey

What does chunkey mean?
Chunkey means a sport or game played by the Cherokee and other Native Americans in the Carolinas, which involved rolling stone disks across the ground and throwing spears at them in an attempt to land the spear as close to the stopped stone as possible.
What part of speech is chunkey?
Chunkey is a noun.

Words near chunkey in the dictionary

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

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