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chesty /ˈtʃɛsti /adjective (chestier, chestiest) informal1British Having a lot of catarrh in the lungs: he got a bit chesty a chesty cough...- I would describe the symptoms as flu-like but the chesty cough made it appear like bronchitis.
- ‘I'm prone to picking up chest infections, like chesty coughs, and I get violent headaches,’ he said.
- As her other children - Ben, nine, and Kylie, six - played outside, only a chesty cough betrayed their mum's desperate struggle.
2(Of a woman) having large or prominent breasts.Well, that and he always has pictures of chesty babes....- By March we had started rehearsals, the chesty senior (whose name was Ann) was playing Helena (one of the main heroines), and Rick was playing Oberon king of shadows.
- It's an audacious bit of dialogue for a cheapo skin flick starring some of the most naturally chesty gals you'll ever see in your life.
3North American Conceited and arrogant: people hate a chesty man...- She writes, ‘I hesitate to interrupt the victory laps, the chesty posing, the passing out of medals.’
- The genius, here, is that the athletic soar of that chesty attitude indicates not boyish high spirits or exuberant tough-guy mayhem, but a desperate cling to a fading image of the larger-than-life.
- And why do you get all chesty at the slightest provocation?
Derivativeschestily adverb ...- Rich looks slighter than I remember, and he is sounding bad, coughing chestily into his fist.
- He is fine company and laughs chestily at times, even if for the most part he assumes the patented demeanour of the serious, centred actor.
- I come down here wrapped in scarves, gloves and winter apparel, wheezing chestily and barely able to speak.
chestiness noun ...- If a speaker has any excess chestiness or other colorations, the sound gets too muddled and indistinct.
- If you think you have a cough, cold or any form of chestiness, consult a registered medical practitioner.
- Aside from some occasional chestiness on vocals and a slight sense of veiling, midrange transparency was also good.
Rhymestesty, zesty |