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US
/ˈtʃəŋki/
]
[ UK /tʃˈʌŋki/ ]
[ UK /tʃˈʌŋki/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature
some people seem born to be square and chunky
a little church with a squat tower
a stumpy ungainly figure
a dumpy little dumpling of a woman
a squatty red smokestack
dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears -
like or containing small sticky lumps
the dumplings were chunky pieces of uncooked dough
How To Use chunky In A Sentence
- A place to enjoy big steaks and seafood in a clubby atmosphere; more delicate eaters can order the chunky lobster bisque and plenty of veggies à la carte.
- As he rode along the lanes, his nostrils filled with the heady scent of elderflowers, and the air was alive with stag beetles whose chunky black bodies whirred defiantly through the dusk.
- Wellbrook was a chunky, solid man in his fifties with big bushy eyebrows. LET NOT THE DEEP
- The action on a Harrow mosque again saw the chunky thugs in Lenin's term comprehensively outnumbered and outmanoeuvred Sonic Truth
- They come with wholesome winter references such as alpine leaf designs or chunky cable knits, and should be worn with jeans and heavy shoes or trainers.
- I would like a plain, chunky, black plastic bracelet to wear this autumn.
- Perhaps to the disappointment of the L.A Galaxy star's legion of female fans, the 36-year-old did not arrive wearing just a pair of briefs - but covered up in a casual combination of stonewash jeans and chunky, cream cardigan. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph
- I'm not much of a fan of thick chunky knitwear, it just makes you look fat and shapeless. Times, Sunday Times
- Avis -- Well, the curds that come from this aren't exactly large and chunky like they would be if you used rennet -- they're more cornmeal sized than what you'd have in poutine. Queso blanco | Homesick Texan
- This circular-shaped piece comprises a wooden base and a chunky glass top with a rotating centrepiece that can be reversed to an aluminium heat-resistant serving centre or left as is in a fashionable wood veneer.