chunked

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of chunk.

   The editor chunked the long article into digestible sections.

   The audio file was chunked into short segments before upload.

   Note

   A regular verb, so one spelling does double duty: simple past (she chunked the text) and past participle after have or be (it was chunked into segments). It carries every sense of chunk, including the Southern US slang for throwing (he chunked a rock at the fence), which belongs in casual speech only. After be, it can blur into the adjective for cut pieces.

2. 2
   adjective

   Cut or separated into thick, irregular pieces.

   The chunked vegetables roasted unevenly because the pieces were so large.

   He prefers chunked pineapple to the crushed kind in his dessert.

   Similarcubed, chopped

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