chunker

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌŋkə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From chunky +‎ -er (Oxford -er).

Noun

chunker (plural chunkers)

1. (informal) An obese or overweight person
   • 2009, Catherine Deveny, Free to a Good Home, page 193

     I love fat people. Chubby-chasing is my hobby. I enjoy nothing more than waving a vanilla slice under some chunker's nose, tying it to my bumper bar with a string of jelly snakes then driving round the block at gelati-van pace

   • 2011, Bil Wright, Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy, page 37

     Double-breasted on a chunker can sometimes be a really sad look, but on me this thing is L'uomo Vogue!

Etymology 2

From chunk (“divide into chunks”) +‎ -er.

Noun

chunker (plural chunkers)

1. (computational linguistics) A software tool for dividing text into chunks.

Etymology 3

Onomatopoeic, or from chunk (“throw”), with -er.

Noun

chunker (plural chunkers)

1. (US military, slang) An M79 grenade launcher.

Anagrams

• rechunk