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chunk
English
Etymology
Variant of chuck; or alternatively a diminutive of chump (“chunk; block”) +? *-k (diminutive suffix) (compare hunk from hump, etc.).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t????k/
- Rhymes: -??k
Noun
chunk (plural chunks)
- A part of something that has been separated.
- The statue broke into chunks.
- A representative portion of a substance, often large and irregular.
- a chunk of granite
- (linguistics, education) A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic; a bundle or cluster.
- examples of chunks would include "in accordance with", "the results of", and "so far"
- (computing) A discrete segment of a file, stream, etc. (especially one that represents audiovisual media); a block.
- 1994, Paul J Perry, Multimedia developer's guide
- The first DWORD of a chunk data in the RIFF chunk is a four character code value identifying the form type of the file.
- 1994, Paul J Perry, Multimedia developer's guide
- (comedy) A segment of a comedian's performance.
Translations
See also
- piece
- bit
- lump
- chuck
- hunk
Further reading
- chunk in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- chunk in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Verb
chunk (third-person singular simple present chunks, present participle chunking, simple past and past participle chunked)
- (transitive) To break into large pieces or chunks.
- (transitive) To break down (language, etc.) into conceptual pieces of manageable size.
- (transitive, slang, chiefly Southern US) To throw.
Derived terms
- dechunk
- microchunk
- rechunk
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chaunk
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Hindi ???? (chau?k).
Noun
chaunk (uncountable)
- (cooking) A garnish made by frying mustard seed, asafoetida, and other whole spices in oil or ghee to release the flavours. Can be added to soups, curries, etc., at the end of cooking.
Translations
See also
- chaunk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
chaunk From the web:
- what is chaunk in english
- what does chonk mean
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