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Definitions of chunk up words

verb with object chunk up to toss or throw; chuck: chunking pebbles at the barn door. 1
verb with object chunk up to make or rekindle (a fire) by adding wood, coal, etc., or by stoking (sometimes followed by up). 1

before 1825

One of the 37% newest English words

1825-35, Americanism; perhaps nasalized variant of chuck1

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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