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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Chuck \Chuck\ (ch[u^]k), verb (used without an object) [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Chuck \Chuck\, verb (used with an object) To call, as a hen her chickens. --Dryden.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Chuck \Chuck\, noun
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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Chuck \Chuck\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Chucked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chucking}.] [F. choquer to strike. Cf. {Shock}, verb (used with an object)]
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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Chuck \Chuck\, noun
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.
{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. --Knight.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Chuck \Chuck\ (ch[u^]k), noun
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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Chuck \Chuck\, noun 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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
chuck
noun
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
verb
1: throw carelessly; "chuck the ball" [syn: {toss}]
2: throw away; "Chuck these old notes" [syn: {ditch}]
3: pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin [syn: {pat}]
4: eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night" [syn: {vomit}, {vomit up}, {purge}, {cast}, {sick}, {cat}, {be sick}, {disgorge}, {regorge}, {retch}, {puke}, {barf}, {spew}, {spue}, {upchuck}, {honk}, {regurgitate}, {throw up}] [ant: {keep down}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
297 Moby Thesaurus words for "chuck": Chateaubriand, abandon, abjure, abstract, anchorage, barf, be seasick, be sick, beak, blade roast, boot out, bounce, bowl, breast, bring up, brisket, brush, brush aside, bunt, cackle, call, carol, cast, cast aside, cast at, cast away, cast off, cast out, catapult, caw, change of pace, change-up, chase, chatter, cheep, chirk, chirp, chirr, chirrup, chitter, chow, chuck, chuck at, chuck out, chuck roast, chuck up, chunk, clack, clap, clear, clear away, clear out, clear the decks, clod, cluck, cock-a-doodle-doo, cold cuts, contemn, contradict, coo, croak, cronk, crow, cuckoo, curve, cut out, dab, dart, dash, decline, deep-six, defenestrate, deny, deport, desert, despise, detrude, disapprove, discard, discharge, disclaim, discount, disdain, disgorge, dismiss, disown, dispose of, disregard, ditch, downcurve, drum, dump, eats, egest, eighty-six, eject, elide, eliminate, eradicate, evict, except, exclude, exile, expatriate, expel, extrude, fastball, feed the fish, filet mignon, fillip, fire, fire at, flank, flick, fling, fling at, flip, flirt, fork, forsake, forswear, forward pass, gabble, gag, gaggle, get quit of, get rid of, get shut of, give away, give the hook, gobble, graze, grub, grubbery, guggle, harborage, haven, heave, heave at, heave out, heave the gorge, honk, hoo, hoot, hurl, hurl against, hurl at, hurtle, ignore, incurve, jerk, jettison, jilt, junk, keck, kick downstairs, kick out, knuckle, knuckleball, lance, lateral, lateral pass, launch, let fly, let fly at, liquidate, lob, loin, obtrude, oust, out, outcurve, outlaw, part with, pass, pass by, pass up, pat, peck, peep, peg, pelt, pick, pick out, pip, pipe, pitch, pitchfork, plank, plate, plate piece, plop, plump, plunk, port, pot roast, puke, purge, push aside, put, put out, put the shot, quack, quit, rack, rap, rebuff, recant, refuse, refuse to consider, regurgitate, reject, remove, renounce, repel, repudiate, repulse, retch, rib roast, ribs, riding, roads, roadstead, roast, roll, rolled roast, root out, root up, round, rump, rump roast, saddle, scold, scout, scrap, screwball, serve, service, shank, shed, short ribs, shot-put, shoulder, shoulder clod, shove away, shy, shy at, sick up, sing, sinker, sirloin, slap, slider, sling, sling at, slough, snap, spew, spitball, spitter, spurn, squawk, strike off, strike out, tap, tenderloin, throw, throw at, throw away, throw out, throw over, throw overboard, throw up, thrust, thrust out, tickle, tilt, tip, toss, toss at, toss out, toss overboard, touch, trill, turn away, turn out, tweet, twit, twitter, upchuck, upcurve, vomit, waive, warble, weed out, whisk, whistle
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