chunky Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. adjective satellite like or containing small sticky lumps
   lumpy.
   
   • the dumplings were chunky pieces of uncooked dough
2. adjective satellite short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature
   squat; squatty; low-set; dumpy; stumpy.
   
   • 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

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