chunk
IPA: tʃˈʌŋk
noun
- A part of something that has been separated.
- A representative portion of a substance, often large and irregular.
- (linguistics, education) A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic; a bundle or cluster.
- (computing) A discrete segment of a file, stream, etc. (especially one that represents audiovisual media); a block.
- (comedy) A segment of a comedian's performance.
verb
- (transitive) To break into large pieces or chunks.
- (transitive) To break down (language, etc.) into conceptual pieces of manageable size.
- (transitive, slang, chiefly Southern US) To throw.
- (transitive, video games) Deal a substantial amount of damage to an opponent.
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Examples of "chunk" in Sentences
- One chunk hits the underside of the plane.
- I spent a good chunk of time gawking at this.
- It already takes up a hefty chunk of the page.
- The chunk of ice falls on the object and crushes it.
- The main chunk of the page seems like a bit of a tirade.
- A gobbet is a small chunk of meat, roughly the size of a mouthful.
- Chunks of fat within the meat ensure that the shawarma stays juicy.
- One chunk appears in the diagram to the right with the green background.
- A good chunk of the world is itching to bring cases against the US in it.
- I've excised a great chunk of excrement and noted as such on the talk page.
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