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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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Words nearby chunking

Chungjin, Chungju, Chungking, Chunjie, chunk, chunking, chunky, Chunnel, chunter, chupacabra, chupatti
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Words related to chunking

dig, elbow, heave, interject, jab, lob, lunge, nudge, plunge, poke, propel, punch, shove, sink, sling, smack, stab, stick, fire, fling

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 Bailey

  • Except 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 Miller

  • He drummed his fingers on top of the machine for a moment and then it stopped chunking and something inside it went clunk.

    Makers|Cory Doctorow

  • 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
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