chunk /t͡ʃʌŋk/verb 6noun 5forms 3 verb6 •To break into large pieces or chunks. •To break down (language, etc.) into conceptual pieces of manageable size. •To remove a chunk from."Mind you keep very still," he said, "or I might chunk a bit out of you with the spade." — 1899 •(Southern-US, slang) To throw. •To deal a substantial amount of damage to an opponent.He's chunked right before the next battle so he has to regen HP. •(Appalachia) To add wood to a fire or to stoke it. noun5 •A part of something that has been separated; a generally squat, thick, irregular piece of something, e.g. wood or stone.The statue broke into chunks. •A large or substantial portion of something.I'd be willing to bet a chunk of my retirement that the number hasn't decreased. — 2013 •A discrete segment of a file, stream, etc. (especially one that represents audiovisual media); a block.The first DWORD of a chunk data in the RIFF chunk is a four character code value identifying the form type of the file. — 1994 •A segment of a comedian's performance.You begin gathering two hours of dependable comedy by developing that first three-minute chunk. When you're satisfied with it, you create another three minutes of laughs, then another three minutes. — 1994 •A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic.In fact, some linguists suggest that 45 percent to 60 percent of what you produce in your L1 is functional chunks of language. These chunks of language also give you some sense of fluency. — 2025 formschunked · chunking · chunks
