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Definition of chesty in English: chestyadjectivechestier, chestiest ˈtʃɛstiˈtʃɛsti informal 1British Having a lot of catarrh in the lungs. 〈英〉（肺部）有大量黏液的 多痰的咳嗽声。 Example sentencesExamples - But, in addition to the emotional strain of her younger daughter's death, she has been battling with a virus which has left her with a chesty cold.
- To break up a chesty cough, try inhaling some steam.
- ‘I'm prone to picking up chest infections, like chesty coughs, and I get violent headaches,’ he said.
- Expectorants in cough mixtures can promote mucus removal for a chesty cough and help to ease breathing for exercise.
- It will either help my chesty cough or make me whinny and jump fences.
- As her other children - Ben, nine, and Kylie, six - played outside, only a chesty cough betrayed their mum's desperate struggle.
- I gave up the roll ups way back purely because of the chesty coughs and my Grandfathers death.
- A chesty cough rattled its way from inside the frail woman.
- As it was I was felt a bit chesty and shivery on Sunday but am alright now.
- Regarding his health he said that he did not have any major illnesses but did suffer from indigestion, heartburn and a chesty cough.
- I am resting in bed with achy bones/muscles and a horrid chesty cough.
- Or it could simply be ‘fashionable’ now to hand out inhalers to everyone with a chesty cough.
- This was all done with a very snotty cold and tight chesty cough, the like of which would have made me take a day off were I working for someone other than myself.
- So that's it I suppose, I did nothing today, I have a chesty cough and my nose is running away from my face.
- Most chesty illnesses get better on their own, although the cough may take a long time to go completely.
- Today I didn't go into work as I haven't been feeling very well - headaches, chesty cold, etc.
- Doctors have warned that a regular chesty cough can be an indicator of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - the collective name for smoking-related illnesses such as chronic bronchitis and emphysema.
- I would describe the symptoms as flu-like but the chesty cough made it appear like bronchitis.
- I had begun to find their intense flowery scent stifling and had the impression that they were causing my chesty cough.
- Some develop chesty coughs - and all of these can be helped by acupuncture, said Hugh.
2(of a woman) having large or prominent breasts. （女性）乳房丰满的；乳房高耸的 Example sentencesExamples - By March we had started rehearsals, the chesty senior (whose name was Ann) was playing Helena (one of the main heroines), and Rick was playing Oberon king of shadows.
- Not that I know much about it, but I do know that there are a lot of chesty airheads on TV these days who couldn't act if someone was holding a gun to their heads.
- Well, that and he always has pictures of chesty babes.
- ‘Jess is a bit more chesty than you, though’ Kath muses.
- Las Vegas encourages tourists to indulge in sexual voyeurism with a wealth of cheesy, chesty revues - your choice of gender.
- It's an audacious bit of dialogue for a cheapo skin flick starring some of the most naturally chesty gals you'll ever see in your life.
- She glanced over at the bar, where she saw the chesty redhead flirting with a customer as she refilled his drink.
Synonyms large-breasted, big-breasted, full-breasted, heavy-breasted, bosomy, large-bosomed, big-bosomed, full-bosomed 3North American Conceited and arrogant. 〈北美〉自负的，傲慢的 Example sentencesExamples - The genius, here, is that the athletic soar of that chesty attitude indicates not boyish high spirits or exuberant tough-guy mayhem, but a desperate cling to a fading image of the larger-than-life.
- She writes, ‘I hesitate to interrupt the victory laps, the chesty posing, the passing out of medals.’
- And why do you get all chesty at the slightest provocation?
Synonyms vain, narcissistic, pleased with oneself, self-loving, in love with oneself, self-admiring, self-regarding, self-centred, egotistic, egotistical, egoistic, egocentric, egomaniac
Derivativesadverb informal Rich looks slighter than I remember, and he is sounding bad, coughing chestily into his fist. Example sentencesExamples - He nodded and coughed chestily; his eyes in the sky.
- Can a lot of sopranos chestily growl the Habañera?
- He is fine company and laughs chestily at times, even if for the most part he assumes the patented demeanour of the serious, centred actor.
- I come down here wrapped in scarves, gloves and winter apparel, wheezing chestily and barely able to speak.
noun informal If a speaker has any excess chestiness or other colorations, the sound gets too muddled and indistinct. Example sentencesExamples - If you think you have a cough, cold or any form of chestiness, consult a registered medical practitioner.
- Vocals had just the right balance of full-bodied chestiness and articulation.
- There was nary a trace of sibilance in female voices or chestiness in male voices.
- Aside from some occasional chestiness on vocals and a slight sense of veiling, midrange transparency was also good.
Definition of chesty in US English: chestyadjectiveˈtʃɛstiˈCHestē informal 1(of a woman) having large or prominent breasts. （女性）乳房丰满的；乳房高耸的 Example sentencesExamples - Well, that and he always has pictures of chesty babes.
- It's an audacious bit of dialogue for a cheapo skin flick starring some of the most naturally chesty gals you'll ever see in your life.
- Not that I know much about it, but I do know that there are a lot of chesty airheads on TV these days who couldn't act if someone was holding a gun to their heads.
- ‘Jess is a bit more chesty than you, though’ Kath muses.
- By March we had started rehearsals, the chesty senior (whose name was Ann) was playing Helena (one of the main heroines), and Rick was playing Oberon king of shadows.
- Las Vegas encourages tourists to indulge in sexual voyeurism with a wealth of cheesy, chesty revues - your choice of gender.
- She glanced over at the bar, where she saw the chesty redhead flirting with a customer as she refilled his drink.
Synonyms large-breasted, big-breasted, full-breasted, heavy-breasted, bosomy, large-bosomed, big-bosomed, full-bosomed 2North American Conceited and arrogant. 〈北美〉自负的，傲慢的 Example sentencesExamples - And why do you get all chesty at the slightest provocation?
- She writes, ‘I hesitate to interrupt the victory laps, the chesty posing, the passing out of medals.’
- The genius, here, is that the athletic soar of that chesty attitude indicates not boyish high spirits or exuberant tough-guy mayhem, but a desperate cling to a fading image of the larger-than-life.
Synonyms vain, narcissistic, pleased with oneself, self-loving, in love with oneself, self-admiring, self-regarding, self-centred, egotistic, egotistical, egoistic, egocentric, egomaniac 3Having a lot of mucus in the lungs. 〈英〉（肺部）有大量黏液的 多痰的咳嗽声。 Example sentencesExamples - It will either help my chesty cough or make me whinny and jump fences.
- Or it could simply be ‘fashionable’ now to hand out inhalers to everyone with a chesty cough.
- I gave up the roll ups way back purely because of the chesty coughs and my Grandfathers death.
- I had begun to find their intense flowery scent stifling and had the impression that they were causing my chesty cough.
- But, in addition to the emotional strain of her younger daughter's death, she has been battling with a virus which has left her with a chesty cold.
- So that's it I suppose, I did nothing today, I have a chesty cough and my nose is running away from my face.
- As her other children - Ben, nine, and Kylie, six - played outside, only a chesty cough betrayed their mum's desperate struggle.
- Doctors have warned that a regular chesty cough can be an indicator of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - the collective name for smoking-related illnesses such as chronic bronchitis and emphysema.
- Regarding his health he said that he did not have any major illnesses but did suffer from indigestion, heartburn and a chesty cough.
- I would describe the symptoms as flu-like but the chesty cough made it appear like bronchitis.
- ‘I'm prone to picking up chest infections, like chesty coughs, and I get violent headaches,’ he said.
- A chesty cough rattled its way from inside the frail woman.
- Today I didn't go into work as I haven't been feeling very well - headaches, chesty cold, etc.
- Some develop chesty coughs - and all of these can be helped by acupuncture, said Hugh.
- I am resting in bed with achy bones/muscles and a horrid chesty cough.
- As it was I was felt a bit chesty and shivery on Sunday but am alright now.
- To break up a chesty cough, try inhaling some steam.
- This was all done with a very snotty cold and tight chesty cough, the like of which would have made me take a day off were I working for someone other than myself.
- Expectorants in cough mixtures can promote mucus removal for a chesty cough and help to ease breathing for exercise.
- Most chesty illnesses get better on their own, although the cough may take a long time to go completely.
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