1. to toss; throw with a quick motion, usually a short distance: Chuck that book to me, will you?
2. to resign from; relinquish; give up: He's chucked his job.
3. to pat, tap, or stroke lightly, as under the chin: She chucks her grown son under his chin as if he were still a baby.
4. to eject (a person) from a public place (often followed by out): They chucked him from the bar.I've been chucked out of better places than this!
5. to vomit; upchuck: It's the third time this week the dog's chucked his dinner.

6. a light pat, tap, or stroke, as under the chin: Let Grammy give her angel a little chuck.
7. a toss or pitch; a short throw: Give it a chuck over here.
8. a sudden jerk or change in direction: She gave the toboggan a chuck and we all tumbled off into the snow.

9. stop it; shut up: Sorry for snapping, but your children don't know when to chuck it!

1. the cut of beef between the neck and the shoulder blade: Braise the chuck and you'll have a tender, inexpensive piece of meat.
2. a block or log used as a chock: Have you got a chuck I can use to keep my wagon from rolling?
3. Machinery.
• a device for centering and clamping work in a lathe or other machine tool: You can't do the fine lathe work on the spindles without a proper chuck.
• a device for holding a drill bit: This drill has a keyless chuck, which is great for jobs requiring frequent bit changes.

4. to hold or secure with a chuck:A poorly chucked drill bit is neither efficient nor safe.

1. to cluck: The hypnotist made them chuck like chickens!A mother hen is chucking her chicks to come to her side.

2. a clucking sound: We heard a loud chuck and saw him dashing from the henhouse with our prized layer.
3. (used as a term of endearment): my love, my chuck.

1. food or provisions, as on a cattle ranch or trail: By the time we stopped for some chuck, I was too dang tired to eat.

1. woodchuck: Those blasted chucks have wiped out our entire garden.

1. water: Just give me some fresh air and clean chuck.
2. any body of water: Lordy, that Lake Nipigon is a beautiful chuck.

1. a male given name, form of Charles.
2. Older Slang: Usually Disparaging and Offensive.
• a term used to refer to a white person.
• white society, culture, and values.

1. to throw
2. to pat affectionately, esp under the chin
3. to give up; reject
4. to vomit
5. to abuse or make fun of

6. a throw or toss
7. a playful pat under the chin
8. dismissal

1. a cut of beef extending from the neck to the shoulder blade
• a device that holds a workpiece in a lathe or tool in a drill, having a number of adjustable jaws geared to move in unison to centralize the workpiece or tool
• a similar device having independently adjustable jaws for holding an unsymmetrical workpiece

1. (intr) a less common word for cluck (def. 2)

2. a clucking sound
3. a term of endearment

1. a large body of water
2. short for saltchuck

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