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chunky¹

  • /ˈt͡ʃʌŋki/

Rhymes with -ʌŋki

Where it comes from

Etymology tree

English chunk

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Germanic *-gaz

Proto-West Germanic *-g

Old English -iġ

Middle English -y

English -y

English chunky

From chunk + -y.

adjective chunkier · more chunky · chunkiest · most chunky

  1. Having chunks. I ate a chunky bar of chocolate.
  2. euphemistic Fat. I prefer chunky blonde girls to skinny brunettes.
  3. Of a cat: having a large, solid bodyline. The British Shorthair has a distinctively chunky body, dense coat and broad face.
  4. slang 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 illiquidity

chunky²

  • /ˈt͡ʃʌŋki/

Rhymes with -ʌŋki

Where it comes from

See chunkey.

noun

  1. alternative, uncountable Alternative form of chunkey (“Native American game”).chunkey For quotations using this term, see Citations:chunky.

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