chunky

comparative chunkier · comparative more chunky · superlative chunkiest · superlative most chunky

1. Having chunks.

   I ate a chunky bar of chocolate.

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   They are traditionally served with meat sauces, but are also good with chunky vegetable sauces.

   2012, Giuliano Hazan, Giuliano Hazan's Thirty Minute Pasta: 100 Quick and Easy Recipes, Open Road Media, →ISBN

   The VCS version looks a little different with its chunky graphics and use of colours but the 112 game variations (yes you read that right!) more than make up for it!

   2017, Kieren Hawken, The A-Z of Atari 2600 Games: Volume 1

2. euphemisticFat.

   I prefer chunky blonde girls to skinny brunettes.

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   “Nigel used to be chunky, huh?” “I was not chunky,” Nigel said testily. “I was just... hefty .

   2009, Dan Elconin, Never After, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 112

   In sixth grade I was first propositioned by a chunky girl named Tijuana Downs. She called me on the telephone one evening and asked me if I would like to be her boyfriend.

   2011, Broxin Delano, Black Sparrow, BalboaPress, →ISBN, page 19

3. Of a cat: having a large, solid bodyline.

   The British Shorthair has a distinctively chunky body, dense coat and broad face.

4. slangbusinessLarge.

   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

   2004, Erik Banks, The Failure of Wall Street, page 183

   Synonyms: portly, rotund, obese, husky

1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of chunkey (“Native American game”).

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