Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Chucking"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chuck \Chuck\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Chucked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Chucking}.] [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. [R.] --Marston.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chuck \Chuck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chucked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Chucking}.] [F. choquer to strike. Cf. {Shock}, v. t.]
1. To strike gently; to give a gentle blow to.
Chucked the barmaid under the chin. --W. Irving.
2. To toss or throw smartly out of the hand; to pitch.
[Colloq.] ``Mahomet Ali will just be chucked into the
Nile.'' --Lord Palmerson.
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.
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