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# chesty

adjective (chesty, chestier, chestiest)

«chesty» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (UK, Australia, informal) Having a lot of mucus in the chest from a cold, with a deep, wet cough, as in "a chesty cough". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chesty/#m1)
2. (rude, slang) a rude word about a woman's body; not for school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chesty/#m2)
3. (informal) Having a big, broad chest; proud and showy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chesty/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life in the UK, Ireland and Australia, cough medicine boxes say "for chesty coughs" and "for dry coughs". The breast sense is rude slang. Phrases: "a chesty cough", "chesty cold".

### Examples

- I've got a chesty cough and I can't stop coughing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chesty/#x1)
- Mum bought medicine for chesty coughs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chesty/#x2)
- Grandad sounds chesty this morning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chesty/#x3)
- The doctor said my chesty cold should clear in a week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chesty/#x4)
- If a chesty cough lasts for weeks, see a doctor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chesty/#x5)

### Note

Informal. The commonest sense is about coughs. The body-shape sense is rude and should not be used about people. Comparative: chestier, chestiest.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «chesty» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chesty/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«chesty» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chesty.html) on Mova free.