chunks

noun

A large or substantial portion of something.

A part of something that has been separated; a generally squat, thick, irregular piece of something, e.g. wood or stone.

(comedy) A segment of a comedian's performance.

(computing) A discrete segment of a file, stream, etc. (especially one that represents audiovisual media); a block.

(linguistics, education) A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic.

Archaic form of chank (“type of spiral shell”). [(India) The large spiral shell of several species of sea conch, much used in making bangles, especially Turbinella pyrum.]

verb

(transitive) To break into large pieces or chunks.

(transitive) To break down (language, etc.) into conceptual pieces of manageable size.

(transitive, video games) Deal a substantial amount of damage to an opponent.

(transitive, slang, chiefly Southern US) To throw.

(transitive) To remove a chunk from.

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