Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chunker

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chun-ker
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An obese or overweight person

Informal

noun

A software tool for dividing text into chunks.

noun

An M79 grenade launcher.

American usage; Slang

Example Sentences

"I love fat people. Chubby-chasing is my hobby. I enjoy nothing more than waving a vanilla slice under some chunker's nose, tying it to my bumper bar with a string of jelly snakes then driving round the block at gelati-van pace"
"Double-breasted on a chunker can sometimes be a really sad look, but on me this thing is L'uomo Vogue!"

Etymology

From chunky + -er (Oxford -er).

Word Breakdown

Suffix: chunky, chunk

Usage

Informal
American usage
Slang

Inflected Forms

chunkers (plural)

Rhymes With

bunker hunker junker dunker clunker punker spelunker tunker thunker

Questions

What does chunker mean?: An obese or overweight person
Where does chunker come from?: From chunky + -er (Oxford -er).

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