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单词 chunky
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chunkyadj.

Brit. /ˈtʃʌŋki/, U.S. /ˈtʃəŋki/
Etymology: < chunk n.1 + -y suffix1.
Originally U.S. colloquial.
1. Of broad stout build; thickset, ‘stumpy’.
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the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [adjective] > and broad
short shoulderedc1405
bunting1584
squaddy1593
chubby1611
truncheon1611
squat1630
squabbish1666
truss1674
squab1675
squad1675
stocky1676
punch1679
trunch1683
squat1688
stub1711
fodgel1724
thick-set1724
puddy1747
chunky1749
dumpy1750
squabby1754
knurly1758
clunch1776
trunchy1778
fubsy1780
punchy1780
humpty-dumpty1785
trunched1787
pudgy1788
fubby1790
runty1807
squattish1809
roly-poly1818
stumpy1822
hoddy-doddy1824
spuddya1825
hodmandod1825
stubby1831
podgy1832
fubsical1834
dumpty1847
fatling1847
stuggy1847
nuggety1856
cloddy1876
blocky1879
chumpy188.
cobby1883
squidgy1891
stockish1913
pyknic1925
humpisha1935
1749 Pennsylvania Gaz. 23 Nov. 3/2 (advt.) Run away.., an Irish servant man... He is a short chunky man, a little pock-mark'd.
1757 Pennsylvania Gaz. 29 Sept. 3/3 A short thick chunky Girl.
1787 Maryland Jrnl. 21 Dec. Ran away,..Negro Jupiter,..thick and chunky made.
1816 J. Pickering Vocab. U.S. 60 The vulgar in this country also..say junk and chunk; and from this last substantive they have formed the adjective chunky, which they often apply to the stature of a person; as, he is a short, chunky man.
1840 W. G. Simms Border Beagles II. vi. 90 The stranger was a chunky little imp, not more than four feet high.
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xii. 124 Their chief..a short chunky fellow.
1884 Cent. Mag. Jan. 370/2 The chunky Dutch pilot.
1936 P. G. Wodehouse Laughing Gas xx. 220 These solid, chunky kids are only selling platers, at the best.
2. Of animals and things.
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the world > space > shape > condition of being short and thick or broad > [adjective]
stoba1500
stubbeda1529
stubbleda1529
strunt1577
stumpy1600
chubby1611
stumpish1618
chubbed1674
squat1684
chubbish1685
chub1688
squabbed1694
cloddy1712
clavellated1713
pluggy1720
squab1723
puddy1747
tubbish1786
stunt1788
bunting1808–25
dumpy1808
clumpy1820
dubby1825
stubby1831
chunky1833
snubbed1835
tubby1835
pudgy1862
squatty1881
squidgy1891
1833 J. Hall Legends of West 12 Dennie..criticising an advertisement of a man who had stolen ‘a chunky horse’.
1899 A. T. Slosson in Harper's Mag. Dec. 146/2 Pely's little chunky, leather cover Bible.
1918 C. E. Mulford Man from Bar-20 ix. 93 [The panther] raised its chunky head and neck.
1924 J. A. Thomson Sci. Old & New ii. 11 The North American mountain beaver..is..a short-tailed, blunt-snouted, chunky creature.
1959 Vogue Oct. 115 Chunky cardigans.
1959 Vogue Oct. 180 Sweaters..emphasizing the heavy-knit's ease of silhouette and chunky warmth.
3. Consisting of large lumps.
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1886 Harper's Mag. Sept. 531/2 I have seen beds destroyed by too heavy a covering of chunky, rank manure.

Derivatives

chunkiness n.
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the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [noun] > state of having
couragenessc1440
stourness1530
robusticity1777
sturdiness1863
chunkiness1879
stockiness1890
robustness1973
1879 Daily News 8 Jan. 4/7 Toughness, chunkiness, and of course ‘pluck’, not girlish beauty, not hair of gold and eyes that mock the violet, are the charms of Mrs. Anderson.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

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