Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Short and thick; stocky.
- adjective Heavy or bulky; blocky.
- adjective Containing small thick pieces.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Disproportionately thick or stout; appearing like a chunk: as, a chunky boy or horse.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective United States Short and thick.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective having
chunks - adjective euphemistic, of a person
fat - noun A
sport orgame played by the Cherokee and other Native Americans in the Carolinas, which involved throwing a spear at a rolling disk.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature
- adjective like or containing small sticky lumps
Etymologies
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Examples
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There is nothing of that magnitude, of what I call chunky, that is on the near-term horizon that is going to have to be dealt with, and in fact I think that this is probably a good point just to talk about the granularity in this loan portfolio.
pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator 2009
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Digital Manga is promoting this new series, released in chunky (300+ pages) volumes, as a classic shojo manga, trumpeting how it has sold over 30 million copies worldwide.
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Author and illustrator, Peter McCarty, recognizes the trend in chunky pets.
Hondo & Fabian (copy) ____Maggie 2007
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Author and illustrator, Peter McCarty, recognizes the trend in chunky pets.
Archive 2007-09-01 ____Maggie 2007
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So brilliantly scripted, excellent one liners, and packed with subtle cues and signifiers, from men in chunky sweaters to Elvis Christmas songs.
The Long Kiss Goodnight « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog 2007
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September 22, 2006 @ 10: 56 pm it looks good in chunky yarn (i know i sound surprised). are you going to stretch it out and block it?
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In high school they had it on the salad & sandwich bar in chunky style and I switched and never bought chunky since unless I’m making homemade chocolate pb cups!
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You want the nutella to be swirled and the banana to remain chunky.
Archive 2009-02-01 2009
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You want the nutella to be swirled and the banana to remain chunky.
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Right on to Anil for pushing the notion of chunky thinking.
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