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CHUNK
ball, clod, glob, lump, clump, chunk
(noun) a compact mass; “a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder”
chunk
(noun) a substantial amount; “we won a chunk of money”
collocate, lump, chunk
(verb) group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side
lump, chunk
(verb) put together indiscriminately; “lump together all the applicants”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
chunk (plural chunks)
A part of something that has been separated.
A representative portion of a substance, often large and irregular.
(linguistics, education) A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic; a bundle or cluster.
(computing) A discrete segment of a file, stream, etc. (especially one that represents audiovisual media); a block.
(comedy) A segment of a comedian's performance
Verb
chunk (third-person singular simple present chunks, present participle chunking, simple past and past participle chunked)
(transitive) To break into large pieces or chunks.
(transitive) To break down (language, etc.) into conceptual pieces of manageable size.
(transitive, slang, chiefly, Southern US) To throw.
Source: Wiktionary
Chunk, n. Etym: [Cf. Chump.]
Definition: A short, thick piece of anything. [Colloq. U. S. & Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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