Chuck /(chŭk)/

Chuck

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Chucked; p. pr. & vb. n. Chucking

  1. To make a noise resembling that of a hen when she calls her chickens; to cluck.
  2. To chuckle; to laugh. [R.]

Chuck

v. t.
  1. To call, as a hen her chickens.

Chuck

n.
  1. The chuck or call of a hen.
  2. A sudden, small noise.
  3. A word of endearment; -- corrupted from chick.

Chuck

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Chucked; p. pr. & vb. n. 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.]
  3. 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. (Mech.)

Chuck

n.
  1. A slight blow or pat under the chin.
  2. A short throw; a toss.
  3. A contrivance or machine fixed to the mandrel of a lathe, for holding a tool or the material to be operated upon. (Mach.)

Phrases & Compounds
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. A game played with chucks, in which one or more are tossed up and caught; jackstones. [Scot.]

Chuck

n.
  1. 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.]