chunk

[ chuhngk ]

/ tʃʌŋk /

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noun

a thick mass or lump of anything: a chunk of bread;a chunk of firewood.

Informal. a thick-set and strong person.

a strong and stoutly built horse or other animal.

a substantial amount of something: Rent is a real chunk out of my pay.

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.

OTHER WORDS FOR chunk

1 hunk, piece, wad, gob.

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Idioms about chunk

blow chunks, Slang. to vomit.

Origin of chunk

First recorded in 1685–95; nasalized variant of chuck²

Words nearby chunk

chung, Chungjin, Chungju, Chungking, Chunjie, chunk, chunking, chunky, Chunnel, chunter, chupacabra

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chunk²

[ 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

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35; perhaps nasalized variant of chuck¹

How to use chunk in a sentence

Mine was nicely flavored, with a little bit of heat from that promised Cajun seasoning, but it was limp, not crisp, and fell away from the fish in gummy chunks when I tried to pull the edge of the filet apart.
Popeyes’ new fish sandwich is a muted sequel to the chicken sandwich blockbuster of 2019|Emily Heil|February 12, 2021|Washington Post
After time and exposure to sunlight, they tend to weather into smaller and smaller chunks with the same chemical composition.
Microplastics are everywhere. Here’s what that means for our health.|Ula Chrobak|February 11, 2021|Popular-Science
The recipe developer Rick Martinez uses a similar method, breaking the cooked sweet potatoes into large chunks, dousing them in good oil and plenty of salt, and letting the oven crisp up all the corners.
Don’t Fear the Broiler|Elazar Sontag|February 11, 2021|Eater
Heated gloves use the same lithium-ion battery technology as the rechargeable ones listed above, but the active heaters are fit to the glove, so you can maintain grip and flexibility without maneuvering around a large chunk of plastic and metal.
Best hand warmers: Block the chill during your favorite winter activities|PopSci Commerce Team|February 10, 2021|Popular-Science

This 70-year-old family-run dairy is a master at balancing smooth and crunchy textures for optimal chunk-burrowing with a spoon.
From the Cut: 33 Valentine’s Day Gifts for the Foodie in Your Life|The Cut Staff|February 8, 2021|Eater
Al Qaeda has never managed to carve out a large chunk of real estate to call its own—in Afghanistan it was a guest of the Taliban.
ISIS’s Futile Quest to Go Legit|Jamie Dettmer|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
They gave us three laptops (to run our light show) and a nice chunk of cash.
How Much Money Does a Band Really Make on Tour?|Jack Conte|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
According to Travolta, quite a good chunk of the dance routine was conceived on the spot.
The Secrets of ‘Pulp Fiction’: 20 Things You Didn’t Know About the Movie on Its 20th Anniversary|Marlow Stern|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Most scientists who study the Moon think it formed when a huge impact in the early Solar System broke a chunk of Earth off.
The USSR’s Race to the Moon’s Far Side|Matthew R. Francis|October 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Reynolds spent $1.5 million on an anti-smoking campaign, a large chunk of his wealth.
Why the Rockefellers Rejected Big Oil|Tim Mak|September 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It's a big chunk of money, and a little thing like killing a man or two won't trouble them.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
She was working on a chunk of marble and she had the forehead and general scalp contours almost completed.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
And it makes a huge chunk of a very different style and quality between Chapters II.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25)|Robert Louis Stevenson
Davis, because a man of family and more conservative, insisted it would be a “pretty tough chunk of a fight.”
A Virginia Scout|Hugh Pendexter
Then one o' the Lieutenant's men jerked the chunk o' cheese away and283 broke it open.
Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6)|John McElroy

British Dictionary definitions for chunk

chunk

/ (tʃʌŋk) /

noun

a thick solid piece, as of meat, wood, etc

a considerable amount

Word Origin for chunk

C17: variant of chuck ²

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