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chunk·y

(chŭng′kē)

adj. chunk·i·er, chunk·i·est

1. Short and thick; stocky.

2. Heavy or bulky; blocky: chunky shoes; chunky gold jewelry.

3. Containing small thick pieces: chunky peanut butter; chunky soup.

chunk′i·ly adv.

chunk′i·ness n.

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chunky

(ˈtʃʌŋkɪ)

adj, chunkier or chunkiest

1. thick and short

2. consisting of or containing thick pieces: chunky dog food.

3. (Clothing & Fashion) chiefly Brit (of clothes, esp knitwear) made of thick bulky material

ˈchunkily adv

ˈchunkiness n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

chunk•y

(ˈtʃʌŋ ki)

adj. chunk•i•er, chunk•i•est.

1. stout; stocky.

2. full of chunks.

[1745–55, Amer.]

chunk′i•ness, n.

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Adj.	1.	chunky - like or containing small sticky lumps; "the dumplings were chunky pieces of uncooked dough" lumpy unshapely - not well-proportioned and pleasing in shape; "a stout unshapely woman"
	2.	chunky - short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature; "some people seem born to be square and chunky"; "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" low-set, squat, squatty, stumpy, dumpy short, little - low in stature; not tall; "he was short and stocky"; "short in stature"; "a short smokestack"; "a little man"

chunky

adjective

1. thickset, stocky, beefy (informal), stubby, dumpy The sergeant was a chunky man in his late twenties.

2. thick, heavy You can't beat these big chunky sweaters for warmth.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

chunky

adjective

Short, heavy, and solidly built:

blocky, compact, dumpy, heavyset, squat, stocky, stodgy, stubby, stumpy, thick, thickset.

Translations

مُكْتَنِز وَقَويمُكَوَّن مِن قِطَع

robusnís velkými kusy

firskårenmed stykker itæt

klobig klumpig stämmig

trapu

kekkjóttur, meî smábitum ístuttur og sver

robusto

grovbygd liten og tykk med biter i

poriadny kus

bodur tıknaztopaklı

含有厚块的矮矮胖胖的结实的

chunky

[ˈtʃʌŋkɪ] ADJ (chunkier (compar) (chunkiest (superl))) [person] → fornido; [furniture, mug] → achaparrado; [knitwear] → grueso, de lana gorda

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

chunky

[ˈtʃʌŋki] adj

[jewellery] → gros(se); [piece] → gros(se)

[person] → trapu(e)

[knitwear] → en grosse laine

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

chunky

adj (+er) (inf) legs, arms → stämmig; person also → untersetzt, gedrungen; knitwear → dick, klobig; book → kompakt; glass → massiv; jewellery → klotzig

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

chunky

[ˈtʃʌŋkɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (furniture) → basso/a e largo/a; (person) → ben piantato/a; (knitwear) → di lana grossa

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

chunk

(tʃaŋk) noun

a thick piece of anything, as wood, bread etc. chunks of meat.

ˈchunky adjective

1. solid and strong. a chunky body.

2. containing chunks.

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