Hypertext Webster Gateway: "chuck"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chuck \Chuck\ (ch[u^]k), 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.]
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\, 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.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chuck \Chuck\, v. t.
To call, as a hen her chickens. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chuck \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.'' --Shak.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chuck \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
chuck
n 1: informal terms for a meal [syn: {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
v 1: throw carelessly; "chuck the ball" [syn: {toss}]
2: throw away (slang); "Chuck these old notes" [syn: {ditch}]
3: pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, esp. under the chin
[syn: {pat}]
4: eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After
drinking too much, the students vomited" [syn: {vomit}, {vomit
up}, {cast}, {sick}, {cat}, {regurgitate}, {be sick}, {disgorge},
{regorge}, {retch}, {puke}, {barf}, {spew}, {spue}, {upchuck},
{honk}, {throw up}] [ant: {keep down}]
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