Chuck
[tʃʌk]
Definition
(noun.) a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill.
(noun.) the part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade.
(verb.) pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin.
(verb.) throw carelessly; 'chuck the ball'.
(verb.) throw away; 'Chuck these old notes'.
Checker: Lucille--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To make a noise resembling that of a hen when she calls her chickens; to cluck.
(v. i.) To chuckle; to laugh.
(v. t.) To call, as a hen her chickens.
(n.) The chuck or call of a hen.
(n.) A sudden, small noise.
(n.) A word of endearment; -- corrupted from chick.
(v. t.) To strike gently; to give a gentle blow to.
(v. t.) To toss or throw smartly out of the hand; to pitch.
(v. t.) 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.
(n.) A slight blow or pat under the chin.
(n.) A short throw; a toss.
(n.) A contrivance or machine fixed to the mandrel of a lathe, for holding a tool or the material to be operated upon.
(n.) A small pebble; -- called also chuckstone and chuckiestone.
(n.) A game played with chucks, in which one or more are tossed up and caught; jackstones.
(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.
Typist: Sharif
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Tap or pat (under the chin).[2]. Throw, pitch, hurl, toss, FLIRT.
n. [1]. Tap or pat (under the chin).[2]. Throw, toss.
Checker: Roland
Definition
n. a gentle blow as under the chin: (coll.) a toss or throw; any game of pitch and toss.—v.t. to pat gently as under the chin: to toss: to pitch.—n. Chuck′-far′thing a game in which a farthing is chucked into a hole.
n. a pebble or small stone: a game with such stones often called Chuck′ies: an instrument for holding an object so that it can be rotated as upon the mandrel of a lathe.
n. the call of a hen: a chicken (dim. Chuck′ie): a word of endearment.—v.i. to call as a hen.
Edited by Babbage
Examples
- Chuck all that. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Weight of the porter-bar and chuck which hold the plate for forging is 125,000 pounds, exclusive of counterweights used. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- That's the trouble--it was too easy for you--you got reckless--thought you could turn me inside out, and chuck me in the gutter like an empty purse. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Chuck Connors is reported to have said that a gentleman is a bloke as can do whatever he wants to do. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- If Chuck said that, he went straight to the heart of that democratic morality on which a new statecraft must ultimately rest. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Consequent, will the T'other Governor be so good as chuck me his name and where he lives? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I don't doubt you've accepted as much before--and chucked the other chaps as you'd like to chuck me. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Kind service cannot be chucked from hand to hand like a shuttlecock or stool-ball. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- She paused, and then, bending forward, with a lowered voice: You know we all went on to Nice last night when the Duchess chucked us. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- You know, of course, that the Duchess chucked her at dinner last night, and she thinks it was my fault--my want of management. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- I don't doubt you've accepted as much before--and chucked the other chaps as you'd like to chuck me. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Well, the woman you'd have chucked everything for: only you didn't, continued his surprising son. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Well, they were very soon chucked themselves, and of the whole twenty in the boat, only half a dozen are alive now. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Oh--the reason they chucked Sicily and rushed back? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- I am chucking it away because I must go, if you'll have the goodness to call a cab for me, Lily returned with a smile. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- No; you trusted in me, and let me carry it like a dear, and so you are,' said the lady, chucking him under the chin, and drawing her arm through his. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- What are you chucking it away for? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Well, my dear, he said, chucking her under the chin, keep up your spirits. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- She's always a-doin' of it, Mr. Bumble, sir; she chucks me under the chin, please, sir; and makes all manner of love! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
Editor: Sheldon