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chunk
(redirected from chunking)

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chunk something
Rur. to throw something. The kids were out chunking rocks into the lake. Somebody chunked a snowball at me!

chunk of change

Fig. a lot of money. Tom's new sports car cost a real big chunk of change!
See also: change

a chunk of change
a large amount of money He's probably got enough money to buy a little ranch somewhere and still have a chunk of change left over.
Usage notes: often used with big, huge, or other modifiers: You'd have to agree that $80 million is a big chunk of change by anyone's standards.
See also: change


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A benefit of this book is that it has added to the language of prefabrication and offsite manufacturing, quilting and chunking their way to substantive and durable architecture.
Low sulfur rubber (17) is used to coat the organic reinforcement (11), which together helps prevent chipping and chunking in the tread (18).
ROADWHEELS, IDLER WHEELS AND SUPPORT ROLLERS SHOULD BE INSPECTED FOR WEATHER CRACKING, CHUNKING AND TREAD SEPARATION.
 
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