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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
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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"
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"
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مُكْتَنِز وَقَويمُكَوَّن مِن قِطَع
robusnís velkými kusy
firskårenmed stykker itæt
kekkjóttur, meî smábitum ístuttur og sver
poriadny kus
chunky
[ˈtʃʌŋkɪ] ADJ (chunkier (compar) (chunkiest (superl))) [person] → fornido ; [furniture, mug] → achaparrado ; [knitwear] → grueso, de lana gordaCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
chunky
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 grossaCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
chunk
(tʃaŋk) noun a thick piece of anything, as wood, bread etc. chunks of meat. stuk قِطْعَة مِنَ اللحْم дебело парче pedaço pořádný kus, poleno der Klotz, dickes Stück luns; humpel χοντρό κομμάτι trozo kamakas تکۀ کلفت kimpale gros morceau חתיכה टुकड़ा, खण्ड komadina, grumen, klada nagy darab sepotong bútur, stórt stykki pezzo 厚切り 큰 덩어리 gabalas, luitas gabals; rika; šķēle ketul brok, stuk blings, tykk skive kawałek پنډه ټوټه (لكه دلرګى يا ډوډۍ) بوټۍ pedaço halcă большой кусок kus, kusisko kepa, kos komad stycke, bit เนื้อหรือไม้ชิ้นหนาและสั้น iri/kalın 厚塊,大塊 товстий шматок; кусень بڑا سا ٹکڑہ khúc 厚块,大块
ˈchunky adjective1. solid and strong. a chunky body. geset, bonkig مُكْتَنِز وَقَوي нисък и набит sólido robustní stämmig tæt; firskåren δυνατός, στέρεος macizo turske ستبر و عضلانی tanakka trapu חסון तगड़ा, मोटा zdepast, krupan tagbaszakadt kekar stuttur og sver robusto がっしりした 땅딸막한 tvirtas drukns agam gedrongen tett, liten og tykk, grovbygd krępy قوی sólido îndesat коренастый róbustný močan čvrst satt, kraftig ซึ่งแข็งแรง bodur, tıknaz 結實的,矮矮胖胖的 кремезний ٹھوس اور مضبوط có thân hình chắc nịch 结实的,矮矮胖胖的
2. containing chunks. stukke مُكَوَّن مِن قِطَع на буци com pedaços s velkými kusy klumpig med stykker i που περιέχει χοντρά κομμάτια con trozos tänkjas دارای تکه های بزرگ؛ قلمبه سلمبه kimpaleinen qui contient de gros morceaux עִם חָתִיכוֹת गठीला ठोस zdepast, krupan jókora berisi potongan-potongan kekkjóttur, með smábitum í a pezzi かたまりの 덩어리가 있는 su gabalais ar lieliem gabaliem bungkal in brokken med biter i z kawałkami پنډه ټوټه (لكه دلرګى يا ډوډۍ) بوټۍ com pedaços care conţine bucăţi mari комковатый poriadny kus kepast u komadima som innehåller stora bitar ซึ่งประกอบไปด้วยไม้ชิ้นหนา topaklı 含有厚塊的 такий, що містить шматочки پڑے ٹکڑوں والا làm bằng len thô 含有厚块的
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