chuck
Noun · VerbOpen English WordNet
Verb (4)chucks, chucked, chucking
- throw carelessly“chuck the ball”Synonyms: tossMore general throw, loft
- throw away“Chuck these old notes”Synonyms: ditchMore general abandon
- pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chinSynonyms: patMore general caress, fondle
- eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth“After drinking too much, the students vomited”“He purged continuously”“The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night”Synonyms: vomitvomit uppurgecastsickcatbe sickdisgorgeregorgeretchpukebarfspewspueupchuckhonkregurgitatethrow upMore general excrete, egest
Noun (3)chucks
- informal terms for a mealSynonyms: choweatsgrubType of fare
- the part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder bladeType of cut of beefPart of side of beefParts blade, shoulder
- a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drillType of holding deviceKinds collet, collet chuckPart of drill, electric drill, latheParts jaw
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Translations
Noun mechanical device
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: Imitative of the sound.
1. To make a noise resembling that of a hen when she calls her chickens; to cluck.
2. To chuckle; to laugh. rare John Marston
To call, as a hen her chickens. John Dryden
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.” William Shakespeare
Origin: F. choquer to strike. Cf. Shock, transitive verb
1. To strike gently; to give a gentle blow to.
Chucked the barmaid under the chin.— Washington Irving
2. To toss or throw smartly out of the hand; to pitch. colloquial “Mahomet Ali will just be chucked into the Nile.” Lord Palmerson.
3. Mechanics 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.
1. A slight blow or pat under the chin.
2. A short throw; a toss.
3. Machinery 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. Knight, Edward Henry
1. A small pebble; — called also chuckstone and chuckiestone. Scottish
2. pl. A game played with chucks, in which one or more are tossed up and caught; jackstones. Scottish
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. colloquial
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54