chunkey

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noun

A sport or game played by the Cherokee and other Native Americans in the Carolinas, which involved rolling stone disks across the ground and throwing spears at them in an attempt to land the spear as close to the stopped stone as possible.

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Meanings

nounchunkey (uncountable)

alternative chenco · alternative chungke · alternative chungkee · alternative chunkee · alternative chunky · alternative tchungke · alternative tchungkee · alternative tchung-kee

  1. uncountableA sport or game played by the Cherokee and other Native Americans in the Carolinas, which involved rolling stone disks across the ground and throwing spears at them in an attempt to land the spear as close to the stopped stone as possible.

Origin

From the undocumented language(s) (potentially Sioux-Catawban) of the Shoccoree–Eno–Adshusheer peoples of north-central North Carolina (roughly corresponding to the Research Triangle and the Piedmont Triad regions). The earliest attestation is as “chenco” in John Lawson’s 1709 travelogue.

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APA

chunkey. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chunkey

MLA

“chunkey.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chunkey. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chunkey,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chunkey.

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