chunk

Meaning

Noun

1. A part of something that has been separated.
2. A representative portion of a substance, often large and irregular.
3. A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic; a bundle or cluster.
4. A discrete segment of a file, stream, etc. (especially one that represents audiovisual media); a block.
5. A segment of a comedian's performance.

Verb

1. To break into large pieces or chunks.
2. To break down (language, etc.) into conceptual pieces of manageable size.
3. (slang) To throw.
4. Deal a substantial amount of damage to an opponent.

Synonyms

piece

lump

slice

bit

hunk

part

clod

flake

ball

portion

clump

glob

section

fragment

morsel

slab

block

boulder

cube

piece of wood

bite

get up

heap

hunch

incomplete

ingot

junk

leg

🦵

log

marshal

mass

muster

nugget

particle

pile

put together

quarter

rally

round up

segment

throw

timber

unit

unitize

wad

rig up

wodge

focalise

large flat slice

unitise

thick lump

sliced meat

assemble

bi

boule

bowl

bulk

cast

chapter

chip

chop

clot

collect

collocate

combine

come up

compile

component

digest

draw up

fabricate

focalize

Pronounced as (IPA)

/t͡ʃʌŋk/

Etymology

Variant of chuck; or alternatively a diminutive of chump (“chunk; block”) + *-k (diminutive suffix) (compare hunk from hump, etc.).