Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chonk up

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chonk up
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To become fat or large, especially from overeating or overfeeding.

Intransitive verb

verb

To make fat or large, especially by overfeeding.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"My buddy has chonked up in the year and a half I’ve been feeding him."
"No more free feeding for either of them, which is good because the void was also starting to chonk up."
"Even still, I worry she's starting to chonk up."
"Some get chonkier after a while. I've seen bshs [British Shorthairs] who chonk up after they hit 1y, and some that need to hit 4y to reach the ultimate chonkiness level."
"Sebastian chonking up finally after two years."
"I'm curious to hear how he sounds when he chonks up for the winter 🤣"

Usage

Inflected Forms

chonks up (present, singular) chonking up (participle, present) chonked up (participle, past) chonked up (past)

Questions

What does chonk up mean?: To become fat or large, especially from overeating or overfeeding.

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