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adjective

chesty adj.

Marked by a large or well-developed chest.

Synonyms: big-chested.

Having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride; as, chesty as a peacock.

Synonyms: arrogant, self-important.

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Etymology of 'Chesty'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Chesty" Quotes from Famous Books

... the real thing in tailors, and I used to blow a queen that'd been a swell herself once, to the joint where the gilt-edged bunch eat and show off their clothes and the rest of themselves. My jane looked the part to the life, I had the kale and the clothes and was chesty as a head-waiter, being considerably stuck on yours truly along about then, so we put it over. I had the chance to get hep to the last word in clothes and manners; that's what I'd gone for, though I didn't tell that to the skirt I was buying ...

— Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man • Marie Conway Oemler

... went the speedometer. The boat seemed no longer to be rushing through the water. It spurned that heavier element, and took to the air. It leaped from crest to crest of the swells. The girls shrieked, the boys let out great chesty whoops of pure animal delight. Then Bob cut down the speed and Jack, controlling the tiller, swung her about towards home. They had been out only half an hour, but the shore was miles away. However, the return was made without incident or trouble of any kind, the motor ...

— The Radio Boys with the Revenue Guards • Gerald Breckenridge

Words linked to "Chesty" : arrogant, self-important, big-chested, robust, proud