Chunk Definition

chŭngk
chunked, chunking, chunks
noun
chunks
A short, thick piece, as of meat or wood.
Webster's New World
A considerable portion.
Webster's New World
A stocky animal, esp. a horse.
Webster's New World

A representative of a substance at large, often large and irregular.

A chunk of granite.
Wiktionary

(computing) A discrete segment of a file, stream, etc. (especially one that represents audiovisual media); a block.

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verb
To form into a chunk or chunks.
Webster's New World
To make a dull clacking sound.
Listened to the rundown copier chunk along.
American Heritage
To assmble into a group or groups.
Webster's New World

(slang, chiefly Southern US) To throw.

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Other Word Forms of Chunk

Noun

Singular:
chunk
Plural:
chunks

Origin of Chunk

  • Perhaps variant of chuck

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Variant of chuck.

    From Wiktionary

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