chunking
/ (ˈtʃʌŋkɪŋ) /
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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
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How to use chunking in a sentence
If the ferry had any spirit at all, some day it would just switch about and go chunking out to sea.
Vignettes Of San Francisco|Almira BaileyExcept for a fishing dory chunking out to its day's work, Ben had the sea and land to himself.
The Beauty and the Bolshevist|Alice Duer MillerHe drummed his fingers on top of the machine for a moment and then it stopped chunking and something inside it went clunk.
Makers|Cory DoctorowThe 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