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Chuck   /tʃək/   Listen
verb
Chuck  v. t.  To call, as a hen her chickens.


Chuck  v. t.  (past & past part. chucked; pres. part. chucking)  
1.
To strike gently; to give a gentle blow to. "Chucked the barmaid under the chin."
2.
To toss or throw smartly out of the hand; to pitch. (Colloq.) "Mahomet Ali will just be chucked into the Nile."
3.
(Mech.) To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning; to bore or turn (a hole) in a revolving piece held in a chuck.


Chuck  v. i.  (past & past part. chucked; pres. part. chucking)  
1.
To make a noise resembling that of a hen when she calls her chickens; to cluck.
2.
To chuckle; to laugh. (R.)


noun
Chuck  n.  
1.
The chuck or call of a hen.
2.
A sudden, small noise.
3.
A word of endearment; corrupted from chick. "Pray, chuck, come hither."


Chuck  n.  
1.
A slight blow or pat under the chin.
2.
A short throw; a toss.
3.
(Mach.) A contrivance or machine fixed to the mandrel of a lathe, for holding a tool or the material to be operated upon.
Chuck farthing, a play in which a farthing is pitched into a hole; pitch farthing.
Chuck hole, a deep hole in a wagon rut.
Elliptic chuck, a chuck having a slider and an eccentric circle, which, as the work turns round, give it a sliding motion across the center which generates an ellipse.


Chuck  n.  
1.
A small pebble; called also chuckstone and chuckiestone. (Scot.)
2.
pl. A game played with chucks, in which one or more are tossed up and caught; jackstones. (Scot.)


Chuck  n.  A piece of the backbone of an animal, from between the neck and the collar bone, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking; as, a chuck steak; a chuck roast. (Colloq.)





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"Chuck" Quotes from Famous Books



... is," said the woman, "and he's hurt his leg badly besides. The boys are allers ready to chuck stones at him when they see him prowlin' round. He don't ...
— Our Frank - and other stories • Amy Walton
... I was saying, hard worked, badly fed, and badly paid; whilst if we was the crew of a pirate clipper we should have nothing to do but trim sails, we should live upon the fat of the land, and in six months, if our cruise was a lucky one, we could chuck up the sea and live like princes ashore for the rest of ...
— The Missing Merchantman • Harry Collingwood
... Impress your client, Issy. Let that be your maxim through life. And if I catch you again takin' a draw at my cigarette when my back's turned, as I see you just now, I'll damn well turn you inside out and chuck you through that door. So you watch it. You've made this smoke taste 'orrid-'orrid. ...
— Once Aboard The Lugger • Arthur Stuart-Menteth Hutchinson
... was scarcely an hour high when the steady, energetic chuck, chuck of the tractor engine told Bob his work was done. He shut it off, ...
— The Desert Fiddler • William H. Hamby
... who manifested the first dawning of what is called fire and spirit, who held all labor in contempt, skulked about docks and market-places, loitered in the sunshine, squandered what little money they could procure at hustle cap and chuck farthing; swore, boxed, fought cocks, and raced their neighbor's horses; in short, who promised to be the wonder, the talk, and abomination of the town, had not their stylish career been unfortunately cut short by an affair of honor with a ...
— Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete • Washington Irving


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