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- [choo-ee]
- /ˈtʃu i/
- /ˈtʃuː.i/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [choo-ee]
- /ˈtʃu i/
Definitions of chewy word
- adjective chewy If food is chewy, it needs to be chewed a lot before it becomes soft enough to swallow. 3
- adjective chewy of a consistency requiring chewing; somewhat firm and sticky 3
- adjective chewy that needs much chewing 3
- adjective chewy (of food) not easily chewed, as because of toughness or stickiness; requiring much chewing. 1
- noun chewy (of food) needing to be chewed hard or for some time. 1
- adjective chewy tough to chew 1
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Origin of chewy
First appearance:
before 1920 One of the 12% newest English words
First recorded in 1920-25; chew + -y1
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Parts of speech for Chewy
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
chewy popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
chewy usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for chewy
adj chewy
- crisp — Food that is crisp is pleasantly hard, or has a pleasantly hard surface.
- crumbly — Something that is crumbly is easily broken into a lot of little pieces.
- crusty — Crusty bread has a hard, crisp outside.
- crackling — the crisp browned skin of roast pork
- crispy — Food that is crispy is pleasantly hard, or has a pleasantly hard surface.
adjective chewy
- rubbery — like rubber; elastic; tough.
- stringy — resembling a string or strings; consisting of strings or stringlike pieces: stringy weeds; a stringy fiber.
- fibrous — containing, consisting of, or resembling fibers.
- gristly — resembling or containing gristle; cartilaginous.
- leathery — like leather in appearance or texture; tough and flexible.
Antonyms for chewy
adjective chewy
- tender — soft or delicate in substance; not hard or tough: a tender steak.
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