Chewy
//ˈt͡ʃuː.i// adj, noun, slang
adj, noun, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Alternative form of chewie (“chewing gum”). Australia, alt-of, alternative, countable, informal, uncountable
"Like when Amber gave everyone but me a piece of chewy, and I said that wasn't very nice, […]"
- 2 A type of soft and sticky cookie. US, countable, informal, uncountable
"[…] Roni clears away the dishes and returns with a plate of jaw-breaking, fillings-yanking, elderly butterscotch chewies."
Adjective
- 1 Having a pliable or springy texture when chewed.
"I must have spent an hour gnawing on the chewy taffy."
- 2 Prone to chewing.
"'And you chewed the chimneys off my dolls' house,' said Angela. 'You are a very chewy dog.'"
- 3 Full-bodied and tannic.
"a chewy wine"
- 4 Satisfying to solve; novel and free of crosswordese.
"I think it's possible to construct a puzzle with chewy fill and nice clues -- and still have it play very, very easy."
Adjective
- 1 (of a consistency) requiring chewing wordnet
- 2 requiring much chewing wordnet
Example
More examples"I like my cookies chewy rather than crunchy."
Etymology
From chew + -y.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.