Chunky means thick and solid in build. A chunky sweater, chunky boots, a chunky bracelet.
In clothing and jewellery it is a compliment meaning satisfyingly heavy: chunky knitwear, a chunky heel. Applied to a person it is a soft way of saying broad or heavy, and how kindly it lands depends entirely on the speaker. In food it means containing visible pieces: chunky soup, chunky marmalade, which on a label is a selling point. Note chunk, the noun behind all of it.
1adjectivechunkyThick and solid in build.
“She wore chunky boots and a thick wool coat.”
2adjectivecontainingContaining visible pieces, of food.
“I prefer chunky peanut butter to the smooth kind.”
chunky is a quality of thickness.
Also accepted in games: stocky
From chunk + -y.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA