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Chunkier vs Chunker - What's the difference?

chunkier | chunker |

As an adjective chunkier

is comparative of chunky.

As a noun chunker is

an obese or overweight person.

chunkier

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (chunky)

    • chunky

    English

    Etymology 1

    chunk + -y

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • having chunks
    • I ate a chunky bar of chocolate.
  • (euphemistic, of a person) fat
    • I prefer chunky blonde girls to skinny brunettes.
    Synonyms
    * (overweight) portly, rotund, obese, cankle, husky

    Etymology 2

    See chunkey.

    Noun

    (-)
  • (Native American game).
  • * (seeCites)

    • chunker

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An obese or overweight person
  • * 2009 , Catherine Deveny, Free to a Good Home , page 193
    • 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
  • * 2011 , Bil Wright, Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy , page 37
    • Double-breasted on a chunker can sometimes be a really sad look, but on me this thing is L'uomo Vogue!