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chump change |
chunam |
chunga |
chunga burmeisteri |
chungking |
chunk
| chunking
| chunky
| chunnel
| chupatty
| chuprassie
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chunk
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun chunk has 2 senses
- chunk(n = noun.group) ball, clod, clump, glob, lump - a compact mass; "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder" has particulars: clot, coagulum, gob, clew
- chunk(n = noun.quantity) Array - a substantial amount; "we won a chunk of money" is a kind of large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity
is a kind of agglomeration
Derived forms verb chunk2, adjective chunky1
Verb chunk has 2 senses
- chunk(v = verb.contact) lump - put together indiscriminately; "lump together all the applicants" is one way to accumulate, amass, collect, compile, hoard, pile up, roll up
- chunk(v = verb.cognition) collocate, lump - group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side; Array is one way to group
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something PP
Derived forms noun chunk1, noun chunking1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
OXFORD DICTIONARY
chunk, n.
1 a thick solid slice or piece of something firm or hard.
2 a substantial amount or piece.
1 a thick solid slice or piece of something firm or hard.
2 a substantial amount or piece.
Etymology
prob. var. of CHUCK(2)
THESAURUS
chunk
accumulation, acervation, agglomerate, agglomeration, aggregate, aggregation, allotment, allowance, amassment, amount, ante, batch, bet, big end, bigger half, bit, bite, block, book, bowl, budget, bulk, bunch, butt, cast, change of pace, change-up, chip, chuck, clip, clipping, clod, clump, clutch, collop, commission, congeries, conglobation, conglomerate, conglomeration, contingent, count, crumb, cumulation, curve, cut, cutting, deal, destiny, dividend, dole, dollop, dose, downcurve, end, equal share, fastball, fate, fling, flip, forward pass, fragment, gathering, glomeration, gob, gobbet, group, half, halver, handbook, hazard, heap, heave, helping, hunch, hunk, hurl, incurve, interest, knuckleball, large amount, lateral, lateral pass, loaf, lob, lot, lump, mass, measure, meed, mess, modicum, moiety, morsel, nugget, number, outcurve, pack, parcel, paring, parlay, part, particle, pass, pat, peg, percentage, piece, pitch, play, portion, proportion, put, quantity, quantum, quota, rake-off, rasher, ration, scoop, scrap, screwball, segment, serve, service, shard, share, shaving, shiver, shot, shot-put, shred, shy, sinker, slice, slider, sling, sliver, small amount, small share, smithereen, snack, snatch, snip, snippet, snowball, spitball, spitter, splinter, stake, stitch, stock, stockpile, stump, sum, tatter, throw, toss, upcurve, wad, wagerROGET THESAURUS
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Part
N part, portion, dose, item, particular, aught, any, division, ward, subdivision, section, chapter, clause, count, paragraph, verse, article, passage, sector, segment, fraction, fragment, cantle, frustum, detachment, parcel, piece, lump, bit cut, cutting, chip, chunk, collop, slice, scale, lamina, small part, morsel, particle, installment, dividend, share, debris, odds and ends, oddments, detritus, excerpta, member, limb, lobe, lobule, arm, wing, scion, branch, bough, joint, link, offshoot, ramification, twig, bush, spray, sprig, runner, leaf, leaflet, stump, component part, sarmentum, compartment, department, county, fractional, fragmentary, sectional, aliquot, divided, in compartments, multifid, disconnected, partial, partly, in part, partially, piecemeal, part by part, by by installments, by snatches, by inches, by driblets, bit by bit, inch by inch, foot by foot, drop by drop, in detail, in lots.
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