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Chuck Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Chuck?
[n] a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill
[n] informal terms for a meal [n] the part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade [v] 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" [v] pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, esp. under the chin [v] throw carelessly; "chuck the ball" [v] throw away (slang); "Chuck these old notes" Synonyms | Synonyms for Chuck: barf | be sick | cast | cat | chow | disgorge | ditch | eats | grub | honk | pat | puke | purge | regorge | regurgitate | retch | sick | spew | spue | throw up | toss | upchuck | vomit | vomit up Related Terms | Find terms related to Chuck: 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 | Chateaubriand | 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 See Also | abandon | blade | caress | collet | collet chuck | cut of beef | drill | egest | electric drill | eliminate | excrete | fare | holding device | jaw | jaws | lathe | pass | shoulder | side of beef | throw Chuck In Webster's Dictionary \Chuck\, v. i. [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.
\Chuck\, v. t. To call, as a hen her chickens. --Dryden. \Chuck\, n. 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. \Chuck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chucked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chucking}.] [F. choquer to strike. Cf. {Shock}, v. t.] 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. \Chuck\, n. 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. \Chuck\ (ch[u^]k), n. 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.] \Chuck\, 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. [Colloq.] |
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