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chalky
[chaw-kee]
adjective
of or like chalk.
of a chalklike consistency.
chalky soil.
without resonance, color, warmth, etc..
several high tones that were quite chalky.
Photography.lacking in detail, due to extreme contrast.
a chalky print.
Sports Slang.relating to the competitor considered most likely to win by the oddsmakers.
Sports betting is boring if all you make are chalky picks—put some money on a long shot and live a little!
Other Word Forms
- chalkiness noun
- nonchalky adjective
- unchalky adjective
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
DEA agents who searched Todorova’s apartment said they found several stockpiles of plastic bowls containing colorful pills and powders — beside them, packing materials and kitchen scales with chalky residue.
“Sometimes, it can be a little more dry and the ball can feel a little more chalky, for sure.”
At the end of a long day using a drone to film sharks off Carpinteria, California, Guana saw something strange: a relatively tiny and unusually chalky great white.
He poured bottled water into a bowl for his 2-year-old pit bull, Caya — the building’s chalky tap water wasn’t good enough for his beloved rescue dog — and settled her in her crate.
She was pale and covered in chalky dust, as if hit by an explosion, and her eyes stared at him with a glare as dark and heavy as oil.
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