chewy

chewy

English

Etymology

chew +‎ -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃuː.i/

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• Rhymes: -uːi
• Homophone: chewie

Adjective

chewy (comparative chewier, superlative chewiest)

1. Having a pliable or springy texture when chewed.

   I must have spent an hour gnawing on the chewy taffy.

Translations

having a pliable or springy texture when chewed

Catalan: corretjós Chinese: Mandarin: 需要多嚼的 (xūyào duō jiáo de) Danish: sejg Dutch: taai (nl), rubberig Finnish: sitkeä (fi) German: zäh (de) Hungarian: rágós (hu) Icelandic: seigur Japanese: よくかめない (yoku kamenai) Norwegian: seig (no) Russian: тре́бующий продолжи́тельного жева́ния (trébujuščij prodolžítelʹnovo ževánija), тре́бующий уси́ленного жева́ния (trébujuščij usílennovo ževánija), жёсткий (ru) (žóstkij) Slovene: žilav Spanish: cauchudo, gomoso (es), recio (es), correoso (es) Swedish: seg (sv) Turkish: sert (tr)

Noun

chewy (countable and uncountable, plural chewies)

1. (Australia, informal) Alternative form of chewie (“chewing gum”)
   • 2019, Jane Godwin, As Happy as Here:

     Like when Amber gave everyone but me a piece of chewy, and I said that wasn't very nice, […]

2. (US, informal) A type of soft and sticky cookie.
   • 2006, Diana Abu-Jaber, The Language of Baklava‎, page 255:

     […] Roni clears away the dishes and returns with a plate of jaw-breaking, fillings-yanking, elderly butterscotch chewies.

   • 2011, Lisa Fain, The Homesick Texan Cookbook‎, page unnumbered page:

     Chocolate chewies are light, crisp, and, yes, chewy chocolate cookies that are studded with chocolate chips and pecans.

   • 2017, The Perfect Cookie: Your Ultimate Guide to Foolproof Cookies, Brownies & Bars‎, page 63:

     While many versions of the chocolate chewy exist and can be found in bakeries across the country, we wanted are fined recipe for a simple-to-make cookie so we could get our chocolate fix any time.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:chewy.

Anagrams

• Wyche