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noun
1.
a thick mass or lump of anything: a chunk of bread; a chunk of firewood.
2.
Informal. a thick-set and strong person.
3.
a strong and stoutly built horse or other animal.
4.
a substantial amount of something: Rent is a real chunk out of my pay.
verb (used with object)
5.
to cut, break, or form into chunks: Chunk that wedge of cheese and put the pieces on a plate.
6.
to remove a chunk or chunks from (often followed by out): Storms have chunked out the road.
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Chunking
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
verb (used without object)
7.
to form, give off, or disintegrate into chunks: My tires have started to chunk.
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verb (used with object) South Midland and Southern U.S.
1.
to toss or throw; chuck: chunking pebbles at the barn door.
2.
to make or rekindle (a fire) by adding wood, coal, etc., or by stoking (sometimes followed by up).
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Dictionary.com's 21st Century Lexicon
| Main Entry: | chunking2 |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | a method of presenting information in small pieces or "chunks" to make reading and understanding faster and easier, using such methods as bulleted lists, short subheadings, or short sentences with one or two ideas per sentence |
| Example: | Chunking allows material to be presented consistently from page to page, so users can apply previous knowledge of page layout and navigation and focus on the content rather than the presentation. |
| Etymology: | by 2005 |
| Main Entry: | chunking1 |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | a method of separating out and selling pieces of books, strictly for monetization |
| Example: | More conventionally, at least in a "chunking" sense, are the efforts of McGraw Hill to sell single chapters of technical titles in the chemistry area. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
chunk
1691, variant of chuck (n.); meaning "large amount" is 1889. Verb meaning "to throw" is 1835, Amer.Eng.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Slang Dictionary
chunk (so) definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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