Chunk

Word CHUNK
Character 5
Hyphenation chunk
Pronunciations /t͡ʃʌŋk/

Definitions and meanings of "Chunk"

What do we mean by chunk?

A thick mass or piece. noun

A substantial amount. noun

A strong stocky horse. noun

To form into chunks. intransitive verb

To make a dull clacking sound. intransitive verb

A short thick piece, as of wood. noun

A person or a beast that is small, but thick-set and strong: as, a chunk of a boy; a chunk of a horse. noun

A game formerly much played by certain tribes of North American Indians, consisting in rolling a disk of stone along a prepared course, and immediately afterward throwing a stick so as to make it lie as near the stone as possible when the two come to rest. The grounds used for this amusement are known as chunk-yards. noun

In lumbering, to clear (ground) with an engine or horses of obstructions which cannot be removed by hand.

Specifically, a range-bred horse of the western United States, suitable for draft purposes, standing 15 hands or over, and weighing from 1,100 to 1,400 pounds. noun

A short, thick piece of anything. noun

A part of something that has been separated. noun

A representative of a substance at large, often large and irregular. noun

A discrete segment of a file, stream, etc. (especially one that represents audiovisual media); a block. noun

To break into large pieces or chunks. verb

To throw. verb

Put together indiscriminately verb

A substantial amount noun

A compact mass noun

Group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side verb

A part of something that has been separated.

A representative portion of a substance, often large and irregular.

A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic; a bundle or cluster.

A discrete segment of a file, stream, etc. (especially one that represents audiovisual media); a block.

A segment of a comedian's performance

Synonyms and Antonyms for Chunk

The word "chunk" in example sentences

As someone who spends a healthy if that's the word chunk of most weekends catching up on Friday night TV, here are some very strong arguments for even the most cabin-feverish among us to stay in this Friday night. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Even if the 50,000-word chunk is good, it requires polishing and editing before it can be marketed. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A significant chunk is for comments critical of officiating. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Rich chunk is slamming materialistic science, ie scientism and the materialistic scientists. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The rules will require that a greater portion of the payouts take the form of stock rather than cash and that a large chunk is deferred several years rather than paid immediately. ❋ David Enrich (2010)

Which is not to say that the main chunk of "The Atrocity Archives" is bad, far from it - there are some memorably creepy moments, such as the death of Fred from the accounts department and the exploration of a frozen parallel Earth - it's just that the Hugo voters got it right, as they sometimes do. ❋ Nwhyte (2008)

Also, the remaining chunk is on the beach, not in the forest as these two pics clearly are. ❋ Unknown (2007)

His biggest fish (right) was an 8-pounder that inhaled a 3/8-ounce tungsten jig tipped with twin chunk trailers. ❋ Unknown (2005)

As it grew weaker and I felt that it would be possible to pull it toward me, one of the fish made a sudden dash and bit a huge chunk from the captive's tail. ❋ Unknown (1999)

If the chunk is short and large the person will be short and fat, etc. ❋ Work Projects Administration (N/A)

Since ripping off consumers is very good for business -- banks make billions on overdraft fees, for example -- any consumer protections are bound to take a short-term chunk out of a bank's bottom line. ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2010)

HELENA - If regulators think NorthWestern Energy's Montana customers should buy a long-term chunk of electricity from the Colstrip 4 power plant, it should be at a much lower price than that offered by the company, a consumer witness testified Friday. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I wouldn’t do 100% UI, but certainly a big chunk is warranted. ❋ Unknown (2010)

We Americans shouldn’t feel too complacent about the relative success of our melting pot, which has never had to melt down such an enormous chunk from the Islamic world. ❋ Unknown (2008)

However, this brings us to 6888 words total, plus whatever truepenny has written on her chunk, which is a pretty cheerful thing. ❋ Truepenny (2009)

It did not taste bad but it had a wierd texture and I just could not get over the fact that I just ate a brain chunk. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Took a 90,000 word chunk of it to Blue Heaven in the summer of 2007 and got scathing OR enthusiastic responses with almost no middle ground, and took it back home to work some more. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Yet another chunk was the requirement of many institutions -- including especially public employers -- that their employees sign loyalty oaths as a condition of employment. ❋ Unknown (2006)

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