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Chuck
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- 1 A form of the male given name Charles, of mostly American usage.
"The digital ads open over a shot of Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid and Chuck Schumer, the third-ranking Democrat in the Senate, while a narrator declares: “For years, it paralyzed Washington: Partisan political dysfunction.”"
- 2 The city of Edmonton. Canada, slang
- 1 Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal. countable, uncountable
"Arm chucks represent approximately 54% of the beef forequarters."
- 2 A chicken, a hen. dialectal, obsolete
- 3 A gentle touch or tap.
"She gave him an affectionate chuck under the chin."
- 4 Abbreviation of woodchuck. abbreviation, alt-of
"1976 August, Sylvia Bashline, Woodchucks Are Tablefare Too, Field & Stream, page 50, Chucks are plentiful, and most farmers are glad to have the incurable diggers kept at tolerable population levels. […] For some reason, my family didn′t eat ′chucks. Few families in the area did."
- 5 A small pebble. Scotland
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- 6 a Chuck Taylor All-Stars shoe. informal, plural-normally
"Got Chucks on with Saint Laurent / Gotta kiss myself, I'm so pretty"
- 7 a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill wordnet
- 8 Food. US, countable, dated, slang, uncountable
"“Hambone, how's for chuck?” Hambone removed pipe from mouth, slowly. “Wal, I reckon I still got a few whistleberries left. Some sonofabitch stew mabbe. A few shot biscuits.”"
- 9 A clucking sound.
"The call always starts with a whine, to which the males add from 0 to 6 chucks. In choice tests, females approach calls that contain chucks in preference to calls that contain no chucks."
- 10 A casual throw. informal
- 11 Money. Scotland, in-plural, obsolete, slang
- 12 informal terms for a meal wordnet
- 13 A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder. countable, uncountable
"1824, Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain), Transactions, Volume 42, page 88, I have had a chuck of this kind made in brass with the cones of iron, but it is cumbrous and expensive, and does not answer so well, owing to the surface of the iron offering less resistance to the work turning within it. This, perhaps, might be remedied by roughing; but I think the chuck is much better in wood, as it can be made by any common turner at a trifling expense, and possesses more strength than can possibly be required."
- 14 A friend or close acquaintance; term of endearment. slang
"Are you all right, chuck?"
- 15 A throw, an incorrect bowling action. informal
- 16 the part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade wordnet
- 17 An act or instance of vomiting. slang
- 18 On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc., the muting of a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.
- 1 To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning.
- 2 To make a clucking sound.
- 3 To touch or tap gently.
"[Y]ou look now as you did before we were married—when you used to walk with me under the Elms, and tell me stories of what a Gallant you were in your youth—and chuck me under the chin you would—and ask me if I thought I could love an old Fellow who would deny me nothing—didn't you?"
- 4 eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth wordnet
- 5 To bore or turn (a hole) in a revolving piece held in a chuck.
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- 6 To call, as a hen her chickens.
"Then crowing clapped his wing, th'appointed call To chuck his wives together in the hall."
- 7 To throw, especially in a careless or inaccurate manner. informal, transitive
"Chuck that magazine to me, would you?"
- 8 pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin wordnet
- 9 To chuckle; to laugh. obsolete
"Who would not chuck to see such pleasing sport. To see such troupes of gallants still resort unto Cornutos shop."
- 10 To throw; to bowl with an incorrect action. intransitive
- 11 throw carelessly wordnet
- 12 To discard, to throw away. informal, transitive
"This food's gone off - you'd better chuck it."
- 13 throw away wordnet
- 14 To jilt; to dump. informal, transitive
"She's chucked me for another man!"
- 15 To give up; to stop doing; to quit. dated, informal, transitive
""When he got religion old Joe stuck every penny away in the Savings Bank, and when he chucked religion he'd draw out the lot and go on a bender that landed him in the horrors, like as not.""
- 16 To vomit. intransitive, slang
- 17 To leave; to depart; to bounce. South-Africa, intransitive, slang
"Let's chuck."
- 18 On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc.: to mute a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.
Etymology
Variant of chock.
Variant of chock.
From Middle English chuk, of onomatopoeic origin, imitative of a hen's cluck.
From Middle English chukken, from the noun (see above).
From earlier chock, likely imitative, but perhaps also from Middle English chokken (“to thrust, pierce, cram”), from Picard Old French chuquier (“to collide, strike”, intransitive verb), from Middle Dutch schocken (“to bump, shake”). Doublet of shock and shuck.
From earlier chock, likely imitative, but perhaps also from Middle English chokken (“to thrust, pierce, cram”), from Picard Old French chuquier (“to collide, strike”, intransitive verb), from Middle Dutch schocken (“to bump, shake”). Doublet of shock and shuck.
From woodchuck.
From chuck (“to toss”).
Shortening of Edmonchuk. So named because of the large Ukrainian population; -чук (-čuk) is a common suffix in Ukrainian surnames.
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