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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Example sentences from the Web for chunking
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