adj
Meaning 1
Having a pliable or springy texture when chewed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I must have spent an hour gnawing on the chewy taffy.
Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
chewy
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈt͡ʃuː.i/
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rhymes with -uːi
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homophone: chewie
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CMU ARPABET: CH UW1 IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Prone to chewing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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adj
Meaning 3
Full-bodied and tannic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: beverages, food, lifestyle, oenology, wine
Examples
- a chewy wine
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adj
Meaning 4
Satisfying to solve; novel and free of crosswordese.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: crosswording
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noun
Meaning 5
Alternative form of chewie (“chewing gum”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, alt-of, alternative, countable, informal, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
Meaning 6
A type of soft and sticky cookie.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, informal, uncountable
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adjective satellite
Meaning 7
(of a consistency) requiring chewing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- chewy caramels
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adjective satellite
Meaning 8
requiring much chewing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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History
Etymology
From chew + -y.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: corretjós — having a pliable or springy texture when chewed
- Chinese Mandarin: 需要多嚼的 (xūyào duō jiáo de) — having a pliable or springy texture when chewed
- Danish: sejg — having a pliable or springy texture when chewed
- Dutch: taai — having a pliable or springy texture when chewed
- Dutch: rubberig — having a pliable or springy texture when chewed
- Finnish: sitkeä — having a pliable or springy texture when chewed
- French: caoutchouteux — having a pliable or springy texture when chewed
- French: caoutchouteuse — having a pliable or springy texture when chewed
- Galician: correúdo — having a pliable or springy texture when chewed
- German: zäh — having a pliable or springy texture when chewed
- Hungarian: rágós — having a pliable or springy texture when chewed
- Icelandic: seigur — having a pliable or springy texture when chewed
- Japanese: よくかめない (yoku kamenai) — having a pliable or springy texture when chewed
- Norwegian: seig — having a pliable or springy texture when chewed
- Russian: тре́бующий уси́ленного жева́ния (trébujuščij usílennovo ževánija) — having a pliable or springy texture when chewed
- Russian: жёсткий (žóstkij) — having a pliable or springy texture when chewed
- Slovene: žilav — having a pliable or springy texture when chewed
- Spanish: cauchudo — having a pliable or springy texture when chewed
- Spanish: gomoso — having a pliable or springy texture when chewed
- Spanish: recio — having a pliable or springy texture when chewed
- Spanish: correoso — having a pliable or springy texture when chewed
- Swedish: seg — having a pliable or springy texture when chewed
- Turkish: sert — having a pliable or springy texture when chewed