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Added 9 October 2026

chunk

/t͡ʃʌŋk/ noun

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about chunk at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

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.
A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic.

verb

To break into large pieces or chunks.
To break down (language, etc.) into conceptual pieces of manageable size.
To throw.

noun

Archaic form of chank (“type of spiral shell”).

Origin

Variant of chuck; or alternatively a diminutive of chump (“chunk; block”) + *-k (diminutive suffix) (compare hunk from hump, etc.). Also compare Dutch schonk.

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