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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



... confused pain of her thoughts she was hardly aware that Mrs. Birch's explanations were still continuing. "Naturally I didn't altogether approve of her going back to that beast of a woman. I said all I could...I told her she was a fool to chuck up such a place as yours. But Sophy's restless—always was—and she's taken it into ...
— The Reef • Edith Wharton
... We'll wait for extry rations if you treat us rational. Don't mess about the cook-room slops, but prove it to our face, The Widow's uniform[1] is not the soldierman's disgrace. For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Chuck him out, the brute!" But it's "Saviour of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot; An' it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' anything you please; An' Tommy ain't a bloomin' ...
— Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two • Various
... a careless glance at one of B. C. Koekkoek's inimitable Dutch interiors that hung between two pieces of Flemish tapestry. His voice showed some of his eagerness, though. "I was going to have dinner with some men at the University Club, but I can chuck that and take you to the Biltmore or somewhere else if ...
— Who Cares? • Cosmo Hamilton
... luck! We've got to light the fuses before we chuck them. That's awkward for two reasons. They may see our matches, and then we've got to be pretty nippy about using them. If we're not, it's we who'll get the bust up—not ...
— On Land And Sea At The Dardanelles • Thomas Charles Bridges
... weakness o' mine, leastways when theer's good ale inside of 'em. And then again an' lastly," said the Chapman, balancing a piece of cheese on the flat of his knife-blade, "lastly theer's his clothes, an', as I've read somewhere, 'clothes make the man'—werry good—chuck in dignity an' ...
— The Amateur Gentleman • Jeffery Farnol et al


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