chunk

Noun

1. A part of something that has been separated; a generally squat, thick, irregular piece of something, e.g. wood or stone.
2. A part of something that has been separated; a generally squat, thick, irregular piece of something, e.g. wood or stone.
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. (transitive) To break into large pieces or chunks.
2. (transitive) To break down (language, etc.) into conceptual pieces of manageable size.
3. (Southern-US, slang, transitive) To throw.
4. (transitive) Deal a substantial amount of damage to an opponent.
5. (transitive) To remove a chunk from.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/t͡ʃʌŋk/

Etymology

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

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

Translations

morceau

boule

bloc

stuk

klont

🅰️

prop

kluit

klomp

amontonar

ceppo

Stück

1️⃣

Klumpen

dot

bal

brok