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chuck1       [chuhk] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object)
1.to toss; throw with a quick motion, usually a short distance.
2.Informal. to resign from; relinquish; give up: He's chucked his job.
3.to pat or tap lightly, as under the chin.
4.Informal. to eject (a person) from a public place (often fol. by out): They chucked him from the bar.
5.Slang. to vomit; upchuck.
–noun
6.a light pat or tap, as under the chin.
7.a toss or pitch; a short throw.
8.a sudden jerk or change in direction.
—Idiom
9.chuck it, British Slang. stop it; shut up.
[Origin: 1575–85; orig. uncert.]

—Synonyms 1. fling, pitch, heave, hurl.
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chuck2       [chuhk] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.the cut of beef between the neck and the shoulder blade.
2.a block or log used as a chock.
3.Machinery.
a.a device for centering and clamping work in a lathe or other machine tool.
b.a device for holding a drill bit.
–verb (used with object)
4.Machinery. to hold or secure with a chuck.
[Origin: 1665–75; var. of chock. See chunk1]
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chuck3       [chuhk] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
1.to cluck.
–noun
2.a clucking sound.
3.Archaic. (used as a term of endearment): my love, my chuck.
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME chuk, expressive word, appar. imit.]
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chuck4       [chuhk] Pronunciation Key
–noun Western U.S. Slang.
food; provisions.
[Origin: 1840–50; special use of chuck2]
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chuck5       [chuhk] Pronunciation Key
–noun Informal.
woodchuck.
[Origin: by shortening]
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chuck6       [chuhk] Pronunciation Key
–noun Canadian Slang.
1.water.
2.any body of water.
[Origin: 1855–60; < Chinook Jargon, prob. < Nootka čʾaʔak water, reinforced by Lower Chinook ł-čuq water]
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Chuck       [chuhk] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a male given name, form of Charles.
2.Usually Disparaging.
a.a white man.
b.white society, culture, and values.
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Ber·ry       [ber-ee; for 2 also Fr. be-ree] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.Charles Edward Anderson (“Chuck”), born 1926, U.S. rock-'n'-roll singer, musician, and composer.
2.Also, Berri. a former province in central France.
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Yea·ger       [yey-ger] Pronunciation Key
–noun
Charles (Elwood) (“Chuck”), born 1923, U.S. aviator and test pilot: the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound (1947).
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chuck 1       (chŭk)  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   chucked, chuck·ing, chucks
  1. To pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin.
    1. To throw or toss: chucked stones into the water.
    2. Informal To throw out; discard: chucked my old sweater.
    3. Informal To force out; eject: chucking out the troublemakers.
  3. Informal To give up; quit: chucked her job.

n.  
  1. An affectionate pat or squeeze under the chin.
  2. A throw, toss, or pitch.


[Variant of chock, possibly from French choc, knock, blow; see shock1.]

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chuck 2       (chŭk)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A cut of beef extending from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade.
    1. A clamp that holds a tool or the material being worked in a machine such as a lathe.
    2. A clamping device for holding a drill bit.
  3. Informal Food.


[Dialectal chuck, lump, perhaps variant of chock.]

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chuck 3       (chŭk)  Pronunciation Key 
intr.v.   chucked, chuck·ing, chucks
To make a clucking sound.

n.   A clucking sound.


[Middle English chukken, of imitative origin.]

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chuck  (v.)
1593, variant of chock "give a blow under the chin," possibly from Fr. choqueur "to shock, strike against."

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chuck  (n.)
1674, probably a variant of chock. Originally used of wood or meat. Hence, chuck wagon, 1880.

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chuck

noun
1. informal terms for a meal [syn: chow] 
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" 
2. throw away; "Chuck these old notes" 
3. pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin 
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] [ant: keep down] 

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Meyers Chuck, AK (CDP, FIPS 48980) Location: 55.71493 N, 132.22297 W
Population (1990): 37 (34 housing units)
Area: 21.1 sq km (land), 6.6 sq km (water)

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Chuck

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.

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Chuck

Chuck\, v. t. To call, as a hen her chickens. --Dryden.

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Chuck

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.

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Chuck

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.

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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.

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Chuck

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.]

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Chuck

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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