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Chuck   /tʃək/   Listen
Chuck

verb
(past & past part. chucked; pres. part. chucking)
1.
Throw carelessly.  Synonym: toss.
2.
Throw away.  Synonym: ditch.
3.
Pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin.  Synonym: pat.
4.
Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth.  Synonyms: barf, be sick, cast, cat, disgorge, honk, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up.  "He purged continuously" , "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night"  Antonym: keep down.
noun
1.
Informal terms for a meal.  Synonyms: chow, eats, grub.
2.
The part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade.
3.
A holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill.



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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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