CHUNK - 9 definitions found
chunk n 1: a compact mass; "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder" [syn: ball, clod, glob, lump, clump, chunk] 2: a substantial amount; "we won a chunk of money" v 1: put together indiscriminately; "lump together all the applicants" [syn: lump, chunk] 2: group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side [syn: collocate, lump, chunk] Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) chunk I. noun Etymology: perhaps alteration of chuck short piece of wood Date: 1691 1. a short thick piece or lump (as of wood or coal) 2. a large noteworthy quantity or part <bet a sizable chunk of money on the race> 3. a strong thickset horse usually smaller than a draft horse II. verb Etymology: imitative Date: 1890 intransitive verb to make a dull plunging or explosive sound <the rhythmic chunking of thrown quoits — John Updike> transitive verb to mishit (a golf ball or shot) by striking the ground behind the ball Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary chunk (chunks) 1. Chunks of something are thick solid pieces of it. ...a chunk of meat... Cut the melon into chunks. = lump N-COUNT: oft N of n 2. A chunk of something is a large amount or large part of it. (INFORMAL) The company owns a chunk of farmland near Gatwick Airport. N-COUNT: usu N of n English Explanatory Dictionary chunk tʃʌŋk n. 1 a thick solid slice or piece of something firm or hard. 2 a substantial amount or piece. [prob. var. of CHUCK(2)] 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue CHUNK Among printers, a journeyman who refuses to work for legal wages; the same as the flint among taylors. See FLINT. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Chunk \Chunk\, n. [Cf. Chump.] A short, thick piece of anything. [Colloq. U. S. & Prov. Eng.] Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 161 Moby Thesaurus words for "chunk": accumulation, acervation, agglomerate, agglomeration, aggregate, aggregation, allotment, allowance, amassment, amount, ante, batch, bet, big end, bigger half, bit, bite, block, book, bowl, budget, bulk, bunch, butt, cast, change of pace, change-up, chip, chuck, clip, clipping, clod, clump, clutch, collop, commission, congeries, conglobation, conglomerate, conglomeration, contingent, count, crumb, cumulation, curve, cut, cutting, deal, destiny, dividend, dole, dollop, dose, downcurve, end, equal share, fastball, fate, fling, flip, forward pass, fragment, gathering, glomeration, gob, gobbet, group, half, halver, handbook, hazard, heap, heave, helping, hunch, hunk, hurl, incurve, interest, knuckleball, large amount, lateral, lateral pass, loaf, lob, lot, lump, mass, measure, meed, mess, modicum, moiety, morsel, nugget, number, outcurve, pack, parcel, paring, parlay, part, particle, pass, pat, peg, percentage, piece, pitch, play, portion, proportion, put, quantity, quantum, quota, rake-off, rasher, ration, scoop, scrap, screwball, segment, serve, service, shard, share, shaving, shiver, shot, shot-put, shred, shy, sinker, slice, slider, sling, sliver, small amount, small share, smithereen, snack, snatch, snip, snippet, snowball, spitball, spitter, splinter, stake, stitch, stock, stockpile, stump, sum, tatter, throw, toss, upcurve, wad, wager |
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