Chewy
adjective
Something that needs a lot of chewing before swallowing.
These cookies are really chewy, I like them.
Often appears as...
- chewy cookies
- chewy candies
adjective
Difficult to understand or deal with, as of ideas or situations.
This problem is really chewy, I can't figure it out.
Often appears as...
- chewy problem
- a chewy situation
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
adjective
Something that needs a lot of chewing before swallowing.
These cookies are really chewy, I like them.
Often appears as...
- chewy cookies
- chewy candies
adjective
Difficult to understand or deal with, as of ideas or situations.
This problem is really chewy, I can't figure it out.
Often appears as...
- chewy problem
- a chewy situation
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Food Context
Use 'chewy' to describe the texture of food, often in a positive way, indicating a pleasant firmness.
This steak is perfectly chewy and juicy.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Quality
'Chewy' often suggests that food is enjoyable to eat and has a satisfying texture.
I love these bagels; they've got a nice chewy bite to them.
Pro Tip 3/3Sensory Experience
The word 'chewy' evokes a sensory experience, focusing on how the food feels in your mouth.
Chewy brownies have a rich, dense texture.
Pro Tip 1/3Food Context
Use 'chewy' to describe the texture of food, often in a positive way, indicating a pleasant firmness.
This steak is perfectly chewy and juicy.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Quality
'Chewy' often suggests that food is enjoyable to eat and has a satisfying texture.
I love these bagels; they've got a nice chewy bite to them.
Pro Tip 3/3Sensory Experience
The word 'chewy' evokes a sensory experience, focusing on how the food feels in your mouth.
Chewy brownies have a rich, dense texture.
Pro Tip 1/3Food Context
Use 'chewy' to describe the texture of food, often in a positive way, indicating a pleasant firmness.
This steak is perfectly chewy and juicy.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Quality
'Chewy' often suggests that food is enjoyable to eat and has a satisfying texture.
I love these bagels; they've got a nice chewy bite to them.
Pro Tip 3/3Sensory Experience
The word 'chewy' evokes a sensory experience, focusing on how the food feels in your mouth.
Chewy brownies have a rich, dense texture.
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Video examples
What Makes Gum Chewy? PIPE...
before it even gets to your stomach but all that which has no problem breaking up almost any other food is basically useless when it comes to gum I mean yes the flavor is gone in minutes but the gum itself that stays chewy for a long time I don't even know how long because there's no Guinness world record for it I know that I've been chewing this piece
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Safari Live - Day 304 PIPE...
chef what what's meat are we eating and then we got a chair from the Camco David like me and he lost tell me don't be selling what do you think you're eating I mean I have no idea I know it is meat and he tells me keep hitting and ask him how do I know what I'm eating and he says it's very chewy
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Sugar: Hiding in plain...
Fresh fruits actually contain fructose, but it's naturally occurring and doesn't cause an overload because the fiber in fruit slows its absorption. This gives your liver the time it needs to do its job. It's sugar that makes cookies chewy and candy crunchy.
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Every Animal Deserves a...
so she called me and I went immediately and I start up and there I was I'd never seen a man until oh that bad such a bad condition and the reason why and meand her location lock is because it's a low key animal so really really chewy lucky
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Investigating Rock...
yes this is a horse with a long flowing mane chewy I'm looking closely at the screen and I like what I'm seeing I can see the course much more clearly I'm looking for signs of a horseshoe which has a lip at the end and I see no signs
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Whole New Dog's Life PIPE...
employees I'm gonna be honest I'm terrified of Jack so I'm terrified that's chewy that's not jack chewy created a problem you know the favorite guy the baby of the house was creating the chaos he was the instigator they
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Safari Live - Day 325 PIPE...
looking forward to it when he comes back so that's a woodland Kingfisher it's probably a little bit difficult with the light but they have the most awesome call that chewy that you hear around
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Management lessons from...
because my mom's cooking is the best. One day, I happened to take a bite of Dumpling Xi's dish. To my surprise, they had a flavor of going home. Fresh, chewy and unexpected.
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Safari Live - Day 174 PIPE...
how nice is that was chewy reach you and then swallow temperatures are pretty high would say you can see from the amount of light they got there is bit warm so just slow
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Eating Bark PIPE National...
or noodles so I mean it's really chewy
Video examples
What Makes Gum Chewy? PIPE...
before it even gets to your stomach but all that which has no problem breaking up almost any other food is basically useless when it comes to gum I mean yes the flavor is gone in minutes but the gum itself that stays chewy for a long time I don't even know how long because there's no Guinness world record for it I know that I've been chewing this piece
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 304 PIPE...
chef what what's meat are we eating and then we got a chair from the Camco David like me and he lost tell me don't be selling what do you think you're eating I mean I have no idea I know it is meat and he tells me keep hitting and ask him how do I know what I'm eating and he says it's very chewy
Video examples
Sugar: Hiding in plain...
Fresh fruits actually contain fructose, but it's naturally occurring and doesn't cause an overload because the fiber in fruit slows its absorption. This gives your liver the time it needs to do its job. It's sugar that makes cookies chewy and candy crunchy.
Video examples
Every Animal Deserves a...
so she called me and I went immediately and I start up and there I was I'd never seen a man until oh that bad such a bad condition and the reason why and meand her location lock is because it's a low key animal so really really chewy lucky
Video examples
Investigating Rock...
yes this is a horse with a long flowing mane chewy I'm looking closely at the screen and I like what I'm seeing I can see the course much more clearly I'm looking for signs of a horseshoe which has a lip at the end and I see no signs
Video examples
Whole New Dog's Life PIPE...
employees I'm gonna be honest I'm terrified of Jack so I'm terrified that's chewy that's not jack chewy created a problem you know the favorite guy the baby of the house was creating the chaos he was the instigator they
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 325 PIPE...
looking forward to it when he comes back so that's a woodland Kingfisher it's probably a little bit difficult with the light but they have the most awesome call that chewy that you hear around
Video examples
Management lessons from...
because my mom's cooking is the best. One day, I happened to take a bite of Dumpling Xi's dish. To my surprise, they had a flavor of going home. Fresh, chewy and unexpected.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 174 PIPE...
how nice is that was chewy reach you and then swallow temperatures are pretty high would say you can see from the amount of light they got there is bit warm so just slow
Video examples
Eating Bark PIPE National...
or noodles so I mean it's really chewy
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Rose Leslie
Scottish Actress
For the first time in my life I tried whale. It was very chewy and quite fatty. My friend had had whale before, so I knew it would be quite blubbery. It was delicious. I loved it. It was smoked, so it had a lovely kind of tangy taste to it. We had it a couple of nights. I was won over. It was very yummy.
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Roy Blount, Jr.
American Writer
English is an outrageous tangle of those derivations and other multifarious linguistic influences, from Yiddish to Shoshone, which has grown up around a gnarly core of chewy, clangorous yawps derived from ancestors who painted themselves blue to frighten their enemies.
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Samin Nosrat
American Chef
A successful shrimp boil requires layering ingredients into the pot so that everything is done cooking at once. A carefully timed choreography dictates the order in which ingredients are added to ensure no one has to eat raw potatoes or chewy shrimp.
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Tom Douglas
American Chef
My own favorite way to cook and eat razor clams is to simply dredge them in a mix of seasoned flour and cornmeal, then pan fry them in butter until crisp and golden. Be careful not to overcook them so they stay tender, not tough and chewy.
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Kate Christensen
American Novelist
Littlenecks and cherrystones are chewy and sweet on the half shell with mignonette, served raw. But a well-cooked clam is a toothsome, tender thing, full of that magical stuff known as clam liquor.
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Claire Saffitz
American Editor
Gluten - the elastic strands that give bread its chewy texture - forms when certain proteins in flour interact with water, which is desirable in bread, but not tender cake.
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Yotam Ottolenghi
Israeli Chef
Like brown rice, black rice is unmilled, and it is the dark outer husk that makes it so nutty and chewy. It's also why it takes longer to cook than many other rices.
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John Torode
Australian Chef
I ate some really amazing food in Thailand. I had river turtle, and dried rat, which was quite chewy and interesting and a bit like biltong.
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Sinbad
American Comedian
Good barbecue has to fall off the bone when you grab it, and, to me, it's not pull-hard chewy.
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Roddy Llewellyn
British Journalist
There's nothing like a roast parsnip, you don't want them too chewy though.
Quote examples
Rose Leslie
Scottish Actress
For the first time in my life I tried whale. It was very chewy and quite fatty. My friend had had whale before, so I knew it would be quite blubbery. It was delicious. I loved it. It was smoked, so it had a lovely kind of tangy taste to it. We had it a couple of nights. I was won over. It was very yummy.
Quote examples
Roy Blount, Jr.
American Writer
English is an outrageous tangle of those derivations and other multifarious linguistic influences, from Yiddish to Shoshone, which has grown up around a gnarly core of chewy, clangorous yawps derived from ancestors who painted themselves blue to frighten their enemies.
Quote examples
Samin Nosrat
American Chef
A successful shrimp boil requires layering ingredients into the pot so that everything is done cooking at once. A carefully timed choreography dictates the order in which ingredients are added to ensure no one has to eat raw potatoes or chewy shrimp.
Quote examples
Tom Douglas
American Chef
My own favorite way to cook and eat razor clams is to simply dredge them in a mix of seasoned flour and cornmeal, then pan fry them in butter until crisp and golden. Be careful not to overcook them so they stay tender, not tough and chewy.
Quote examples
Kate Christensen
American Novelist
Littlenecks and cherrystones are chewy and sweet on the half shell with mignonette, served raw. But a well-cooked clam is a toothsome, tender thing, full of that magical stuff known as clam liquor.
Quote examples
Claire Saffitz
American Editor
Gluten - the elastic strands that give bread its chewy texture - forms when certain proteins in flour interact with water, which is desirable in bread, but not tender cake.
Quote examples
Yotam Ottolenghi
Israeli Chef
Like brown rice, black rice is unmilled, and it is the dark outer husk that makes it so nutty and chewy. It's also why it takes longer to cook than many other rices.
Quote examples
John Torode
Australian Chef
I ate some really amazing food in Thailand. I had river turtle, and dried rat, which was quite chewy and interesting and a bit like biltong.
Quote examples
Sinbad
American Comedian
Good barbecue has to fall off the bone when you grab it, and, to me, it's not pull-hard chewy.
Quote examples
Roddy Llewellyn
British Journalist
There's nothing like a roast parsnip, you don't want them too chewy though.
Example 1 of 10
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