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chuck
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[chuhk] 
–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
—Idiom| 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. |
| 9. | chuck it, British Slang. stop it; shut up. |
Origin:
1575–85; orig. uncert.
1575–85; orig. uncert.
Synonyms:
1. fling, pitch, heave, hurl.
1. fling, pitch, heave, hurl.
chuck
2 [chuhk] –noun
| 1. | the cut of beef between the neck and the shoulder blade. |
| 2. | a block or log used as a chock. |
| 3. | Machinery.
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–verb (used with object)
| 4. | Machinery. to hold or secure with a chuck. |
chuck
3 [chuhk] –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.
1350–1400; ME chuk, expressive word, appar. imit.
chuck
6 [chuhk] Origin:
1855–60; < Chinook Jargon, prob. < Nootka čʾaʔak water, reinforced by Lower Chinook ł-čuq water
1855–60; < Chinook Jargon, prob. < Nootka čʾaʔak water, reinforced by Lower Chinook ł-čuq water
Chuck
[chuhk] –noun
| 1. | a male given name, form of Charles. |
| 2. | Usually Disparaging.
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wood⋅chuck
[wood-chuhk] –noun
| a stocky North American burrowing rodent, Marmota monax, that hibernates in the winter. |
Also called chuck, groundhog.
Origin:
1665–75, Americanism; presumably a reshaping by folk etym. of a word in a Southern New England Algonquian language; cf. Narragansett (E sp.) ockqutchaun woodchuck
1665–75, Americanism; presumably a reshaping by folk etym. of a word in a Southern New England Algonquian language; cf. Narragansett (E sp.) ockqutchaun woodchuck
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| chuck 1 (chŭk) tr.v. chucked, chuck·ing, chucks
[Variant of chock, possibly from French choc, knock, blow; see shock1.] |
| chuck 2 (chŭk) n.
[Dialectal chuck, lump, perhaps variant of chock.] |
| chuck 3 (chŭk) 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
Chuck\, v. t. To call, as a hen her chickens. --Dryden.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.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.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
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
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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Language Translation for : chuck
Spanish:
tirar,
German:
schmeißen,
Japanese:
投げ捨てる
chuck (v.)
1593, variant of chock "give a blow under the chin," possibly from Fr. choqueur "to shock, strike against."
chuck (n.)
1674, probably a variant of chock. Originally used of wood or meat. Hence, chuck wagon, 1880.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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