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chunk

Pronunciation: /t͡ʃʌŋk/

The English word “chunk” has 11 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A part of something that has been separated; a generally squat, thick, irregular piece of something, e.g. wood or stone.
  2. A large or substantial portion of something.
  3. A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic.
  4. A discrete segment of a file, stream, etc. (especially one that represents audiovisual media); a block.
  5. A segment of a comedian's performance.

verb

  1. To break into large pieces or chunks.
  2. To break down (language, etc.) into conceptual pieces of manageable size.
  3. To throw.
  4. To add wood to a fire or to stoke it.
  5. To deal a substantial amount of damage to an opponent.
  6. To remove a chunk from.

Etymology

Variant of chuck; or alternatively a diminutive of chump (“chunk; block”) + *-k (diminutive suffix) (compare hunk from hump, etc.). Also compare Dutch schonk.

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