US /ˈtʃʌŋki/ UK /ˈtʃʌŋki/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    thick and solid, or containing thick lumps

    She knitted a chunky wool sweater for the winter.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · thick and solid, or... thickstockystoutbulkysturdylumpysolid
Opposites
Word family
Derived forms chunkiness
Related forms chunk

Etymology

From chunk + -y. Chunk is probably a variant of chuck ('a lump, a cut of meat'), of uncertain origin.

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