chunk
pronunciation
How to pronounce chunk in British English:
UK [tʃʌŋk]
How to pronounce chunk in American English:
US [tʃʌŋk]
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- Noun:
- a compact mass
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- Verb:
- put together indiscriminately
- group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side
Word Origin
- chunk (n.)
- "thick block" of something, 1690s, probably a nasalized variant of chuck (n.1) "cut of meat;" meaning "large amount" is 1883, American English.
- chunk (v.)
- "to throw," 1835, American English, from chunk (n.) or by similar mutation from chuck (v.1). Related: Chunked; chunking.
Example
- 1. In my enthusiasm I swallowed too large a chunk of chicken .
- 2. It started with a chunk of fossilized resin from the dominican republic .
- 3. Break your schedule into manageable chunks and take on each chunk separately .
- 4. A customer tells him that she thinks a chunk of ice might have hit her car .
- 5. It looks like a chunk of fuselage fell off an airplane and landed there .