chuck

/tʃʌk/

noun

  1. 1

    Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.

  2. 2

    Food.

  3. 3

    A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder.

verb

  1. 1

    To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning.

  2. 2

    To bore or turn (a hole) in a revolving piece held in a chuck.

noun

  1. 1

    A chicken, a hen.

  2. 2

    A clucking sound.

  3. 3

    A friend or close acquaintance; term of endearment.

    Are you all right, chuck?

verb

  1. 1

    To make a clucking sound.

  2. 2

    To call, as a hen her chickens.

noun

  1. 1

    A gentle touch or tap.

    She gave him an affectionate chuck under the chin.
  2. 2

    A casual throw.

  3. 3

    A throw, an incorrect bowling action.

  4. 4

    An act or instance of vomiting.

  5. 5

    On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc., the muting of a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.

verb

  1. 1

    To touch or tap gently.

  2. 2

    To throw, especially in a careless or inaccurate manner.

    Chuck that magazine to me, would you?
  3. 3

    To throw; to bowl with an incorrect action.

  4. 4

    To discard, to throw away.

    This food's gone off - you'd better chuck it.
  5. 5

    To jilt; to dump.

    She's chucked me for another man!
  6. 6

    To vomit.

  7. 7

    To leave; to depart; to bounce.

    Let's chuck.
  8. 8

    To chuckle; to laugh.

  9. 9

    On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc.: to mute a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.

noun

  1. 1

    A rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots, Marmota monax.

noun

  1. 1

    A small pebble.

  2. 2

    (in the plural) Money.

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