chalky
Americanadjective
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of or like chalk.
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of a chalklike consistency.
chalky soil.
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without resonance, color, warmth, etc..
several high tones that were quite chalky.
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Photography. lacking in detail, due to extreme contrast.
a chalky print.
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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!
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Etymology
Origin of chalky
First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English chalki, chalky; see origin at chalk, -y 1
Example Sentences
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Williams also starred as Chalky White in HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire” from 2010 to 2014 and had roles in the films “12 Years a Slave” and “Assassin’s Creed.”
From Seattle Times • Sep. 24, 2021
Williams played the powerful African-American gangster Chalky White in "Boardwalk Empire," an HBO series set in Atlantic City, New Jersey during the Prohibition era of the 1920's.
From Reuters • Sep. 24, 2021
He was also known for playing Albert "Chalky" White in the Boardwalk Empire TV series.
From BBC • Sep. 6, 2021
When it’s his turn to pick up his four mutts — Apollo Creed, Chalky White, Penny Buttons and Magic Eight Ball — from doggie day care, there often is mayhem.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2017
He had even desired that female relatives should follow him to the grave, and poor sister Martha had taken a difficult journey for this purpose from the Chalky Flats.
From Middlemarch by Eliot, George
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