chunky
/ˈt͡ʃʌŋki/
chunky adjective: having chunks. Also the alternative form of chunkey.
Adjective
chunky (comparative chunkier or more chunky, superlative chunkiest or most chunky)
- Having chunks.
- I ate a chunky bar of chocolate.
- They are traditionally served with meat sauces, but are also good with chunky vegetable sauces.2012, Giuliano Hazan, Giuliano Hazan's Thirty Minute Pasta: 100 Quick and Easy Recipes, Open Road Media, →ISBN
- Fat.
- I prefer chunky blonde girls to skinny brunettes.
- “Nigel used to be chunky, huh?” “I was not chunky,” Nigel said testily. “I was just... hefty .2009, Dan Elconin, Never After, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 112
- Of a cat: having a large, solid bodyline.
- The British Shorthair has a distinctively chunky body, dense coat and broad face.
- Large.
- things where a bank can accumulate a fairly chunky position because of perceived profit opportunities, then wind up owning far more than would seem prudent because they haven't priced in the illiquidity2004, Erik Banks, The Failure of Wall Street, page 183
Also used as
chunky is also the alternative form of chunkey.
chunky meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Telugu
chunky in Hindi
- चंकी, चुन्की
chunky in Marathi
- चंकी
chunky in Bengali
- চঙ্কি, চুঙ্কি
chunky in Telugu
- చంకీ
More languagesFewer languages
- chunky in Malayalam
- ചങ്കി
- chunky in Kannada
- ಚಂಕೀ
- chunky in Punjabi
- ਚੰਕੀ
- chunky in Gujarati
- ચુન્કી
- chunky in Odia
- ଚଙ୍କି
- chunky in Nepali
- चुन्की, चंकी, चन्की
Examples of chunky in a sentence
- The VCS version looks a little different with its chunky graphics and use of colours but the 112 game variations (yes you read that right!) more than make up for it!2017, Kieren Hawken, The A-Z of Atari 2600 Games: Volume 1:
- In sixth grade I was first propositioned by a chunky girl named Tijuana Downs.2011, Broxin Delano, Black Sparrow, BalboaPress, →ISBN, page 19:
Synonyms of chunky
Forms of chunky
| comparative | chunkier |
|---|---|
| comparative | more chunky |
| superlative | chunkiest |
| superlative | most chunky |
Origin of chunky
From chunk + -y.
See chunkey.
Words formed from chunky
Phrases with chunky
Words that rhyme with chunky
5 more rhymesFewer rhymes
Questions about chunky
- What does chunky mean?
- Chunky means having chunks.
- What is chunky in Hindi?
- Chunky in Hindi is चंकी, चुन्की. See Chunky meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use chunky in a sentence?
- The VCS version looks a little different with its chunky graphics and use of colours but the 112 game variations (yes you read that right!) more than make up for it!
- What part of speech is chunky?
- Chunky is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce chunky?
- Chunky is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃʌŋki/.
Words near chunky in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: chunky (page history and authors); chunky (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chunky (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chunky (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chunky (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chunky (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chunky (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chunky (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chunky (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chunky (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chunky (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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