chunkey

English

Alternative forms

• chenco
• chungke
• chunky
• tchungke
• tchungkee, tchung-kee

Etymology

From an Algonquian word.

Noun

chunkey (countable and uncountable, plural chunkies)

1. A sport or game played by the Cherokee and other Native Americans in the Carolinas, which involved rolling stone disks across the ground and throwing spears at them in an attempt to land the spear as close to the stopped stone as possible.