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Chunky   /tʃˈəŋki/   Listen
Chunky

adjective
1.
Like or containing small sticky lumps.  Synonym: lumpy.
2.
Short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature.  Synonyms: dumpy, low-set, squat, squatty, stumpy.  "A dumpy little dumpling of a woman" , "Dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears" , "A little church with a squat tower" , "A squatty red smokestack" , "A stumpy ungainly figure"






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"Chunky" Quotes from Famous Books



... standing. So he had turned to a club where really searching inquiries were rarely made; for years he had belonged to a branch of the Y.M.C.A. located just off Broadway, and had played handball and boxed with chunky, slow-footed city detectives who were struggling to retain some physical activity, and with fat playwrights, and with Jewish theatrical managers, and with the few authentic Christians who occasionally strayed into the place and seemed ill at ...
— Children of the Whirlwind • Leroy Scott

... and without hesitation he mounted the stairs. As he reached the top I had a good view of him, for he was silhouetted against the light that glowed from the silver case. He was a most brutal looking fellow of the prize-fighting type, but I almost laughed aloud when I saw his build. He was short and chunky. As he stepped forward to grasp the silver case, I let the steel cable run through my fingers, and the case and its precious contents slid noiselessly down to the dining-room. For only one instant the burglar seemed disconcerted, then ...
— The Water Goats and Other Troubles • Ellis Parker Butler

... the assistant, calmly lighting a fresh cigarette. And then to the water-boy, who was acting quartermaster: "Give me a rifle and a cartridge-belt, Chunky, and I'll stay ...
— A Fool For Love • Francis Lynde

... the same meaning in the following words. They are, however, too simple to need defining; in fact, there are no simpler words on which to base definitions: airy, balky, bony, briny, chunky, downy, dusty, healthy, hearty, miry, musty, rusty, scaly, showy, sinewy, ...
— Orthography - As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois • Elmer W. Cavins



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