chunk
1
[ chuhngk ]
/ tʃʌŋk /
noun
verb (used with object)
to cut, break, or form into chunks: Chunk that wedge of cheese and put the pieces on a plate.
to remove a chunk or chunks from (often followed by out): Storms have chunked out the road.
verb (used without object)
to form, give off, or disintegrate into chunks: My tires have started to chunk.
Origin of chunk
1
First recorded in 1685–95; nasalized variant of
chuck2
Words nearby chunk
Definition for chunking (2 of 2)
chunk
2
[ chuhngk ]
/ tʃʌŋk /
verb (used with object) South Midland and Southern U.S.
to toss or throw; chuck: chunking pebbles at the barn door.
to make or rekindle (a fire) by adding wood, coal, etc., or by stoking (sometimes followed by up).
Origin of chunk
2
1825–35,
Americanism; perhaps nasalized variant of
chuck1
Example sentences from the Web for chunking
The chunking of the screw affected me also, but I seemed to relate it to a former and pleasing experience.
Wounds in the rain |Stephen Crane
British Dictionary definitions for chunking (1 of 2)
chunking
/ (ˈtʃʌŋkɪŋ) /
noun
psychol
the grouping together of a number of items by the mind, after which they can be remembered as a single item, such as a word or a musical phrase
British Dictionary definitions for chunking (2 of 2)
chunk
/ (tʃʌŋk) /
noun
a thick solid piece, as of meat, wood, etc
a considerable amount
Word Origin for chunk
C17: variant of
chuck ²