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How to pronounce “chunk”

Hear “chunk” in real YouTube speech, then study definitions and example sentence snippets.

Pronunciation guide for chunk

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of chunk with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Barbara OakleyIt turns out that if you create a chunk, one chunk,
Definition summary: A part of something that has been separated; a generally squat, thick, irregular piece of something, e.g. wood or stone.

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Barbara Oakley

It turns out that if you create a chunk, one chunk,

[Noun]
A part of something that has been separated; a generally squat, thick, irregular piece of something, e.g. wood or stone.
(linguistics, education) A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic.
(computing) A discrete segment of a file, stream, etc. (especially one that represents audiovisual media); a block.
(comedy) A segment of a comedian's performance.
[Verb]
(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.
(transitive, video games) Deal a substantial amount of damage to an opponent.
(transitive) To remove a chunk from.