chungus
/ˈt͡ʃʌŋ.ɡəs/noun
chungus is spelled C-H-U-N-G-U-S: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 52 million words in written English, the 225,584th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, chungus means “Any tangible object or thing, especially one that is short and thick” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of chungus is chunguses or chungi.
How many letters and syllables are in chungus?
| Letters | 7: C-H-U-N-G-U-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 52 million words; the 225,584th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is chungus?
Chungus appears about once in every 52 million words in written English, the 225,584th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce chungus?
- US /ˈt͡ʃʌŋ.ɡəs/
Chungus has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-chungus.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with chungus?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as chungus from its last stressed vowel (/ʌŋɡəs/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of chungus
- chunguses plural
- chungi plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does chungus mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any tangible object or thing, especially one that is short and thick.
- 2
A nonsense word or placeholder, often used incongruously in self-deprecating or doomer-like speech.
- 3
Something that is correct, agreeable to consensus, or without fault, as part of a straw man.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does chungus come from?
From chunk. Compare humongous (“extremely large”, adjective) or dingus (“any object or thing; a foolish person”, noun), and chonk. James Stephanie Sterling was credited with coining the term “chungus” in 2012, though it did not see wide usage until around 2018 with the rise of the “Big Chungus” meme. The Big Chungus meme is derived from the Looney Tunes episode Wabbit Twouble.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).