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chunk
1[ chuhngk ]
noun
- a thick mass or lump of anything:
a chunk of bread;
a chunk of firewood.
Synonyms: , , ,
- Informal. a thick-set and strong person.
- a strong and stoutly built horse or other animal.
- a substantial amount of something:
Rent is a real chunk out of my pay.
verb (used with object)
- to cut, break, or form into chunks:
Chunk that wedge of cheese and put the pieces on a plate.
- to remove a chunk or chunks from (often followed by out ):
Storms have chunked out the road.
verb (used without object)
- to form, give off, or disintegrate into chunks:
My tires have started to chunk.
chunk
2[ chuhngk ]
verb (used with object)
- to toss or throw; chuck:
chunking pebbles at the barn door.
- to make or rekindle (a fire) by adding wood, coal, etc., or by stoking (sometimes followed by up ).
chunk
/ ³Ùʃʌŋ°ì /
noun
- a thick solid piece, as of meat, wood, etc
- a considerable amount
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of chunk1
Idioms and Phrases
- blow chunks, Slang. to vomit.
Example Sentences
In fact, I — a virtual Luddite — was able, over the course of three years of research, to imagine a reasonable plan that could take down a good chunk of the world’s internet.
With a huge chunk of its budget slated to disappear, LAHSA’s long-term future is now in question.
The person covered one surveillance camera with duct tape but was filmed by a separate camera throwing a chunk of concrete at the car multiple times and cutting the tires, police said.
"It goes quickly," he said, with a school trip, a picnic or a day out usually taking up a big chunk of that spending money.
Charles used a chunk of his money to travel the world and settled down with souvenir magnets cluttering every inch of his fridge.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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