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    chunk
    [CHəNGk]
    noun
    chunk (noun) · chunks (plural noun)
    1. a thick, solid piece of something:
      "huge chunks of masonry littered the street"
      • an amount or part of something:
        "fuel takes a large chunk of their small income"
    verb
    chunk (verb) · chunks (third person present) · chunked (past tense) · chunked (past participle) · chunking (present participle)
    1. NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISH
      divide (something) into chunks:
      "chunk four pounds of pears"
      • (in psychology or linguistic analysis) group together (connected items or words) so that they can be stored or processed as single concepts.
    Origin
    late 17th century: apparently an alteration of chuck.
    chunk
    [CHəNGk]
    verb
    NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISH
    chunk (verb) · chunks (third person present) · chunked (past tense) · chunked (past participle) · chunking (present participle)
    1. move with or make a muffled, metallic sound:
      "the door chunked behind them"
    Origin
    late 19th century: imitative.
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