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chunk.

A part of something that has been separated; a generally squat, thick, irregular piece of something, e.g. wood or stone.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/t͡ʃʌŋk/
  1. A part of something that has been separated; a generally squat, thick, irregular piece of something, e.g. wood or stone.

    The statue broke into chunks.
    a chunk of granite
  2. A part of something that has been separated; a generally squat, thick, irregular piece of something, e.g. wood or stone. 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.

Where this word comes from

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

verb/t͡ʃʌŋk/
  1. To break into large pieces or chunks.

    transitive
  2. To break down (language, etc.) into conceptual pieces of manageable size.

    transitive
  3. To throw.

    Southern-US · slang · transitive
  4. To add wood to a fire or to stoke it.

    Appalachia · intransitive
  5. To deal a substantial amount of damage to an opponent.

    transitive
    He's chunked right before the next battle so he has to regen HP.
  6. To remove a chunk from.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

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

noun/t͡ʃʌŋk/
  1. Archaic form of chank (“type of spiral shell”).

    alt-of · archaic
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