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[ adjective ] like or containing small stick lumps
Synonyms Examples "the dumplings were chunky pieces of uncooked dough" Used in print (T. C. McClary, "The Flooded Desert," Argosy,...)He poured the water off the sourdough and off the flour , salvaging the chunky , watery messes for biscuits of a sort . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature
Examples "some people seem born to be square and chunky" "a dumpy little dumpling of a woman" "a little church with a squat tower" "a squatty red smokestack" "a stumpy ungainly figure" Related terms |
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