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chuck

1  [chuhk]
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–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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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.
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 chunk 1

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.

chuck

4  [chuhk]
–noun Western U.S. Slang.
food; provisions.
Origin:
1840–50; special use of chuck 2

chuck

5  [chuhk]
–noun Informal.
woodchuck.
Origin:
by shortening

chuck

6  [chuhk]
–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

Chuck

  [chuhk]
–noun
1. a male given name, form of Charles.
2. Usually Disparaging.
a. a white man.
b. white society, culture, and values.

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
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chuck 1   (chŭk)   
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.]
chuck 2   (chŭk)   
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.]
chuck 3   (chŭk)   
intr.v.   chucked, chuck·ing, chucks
To make a clucking sound.
n.  A clucking sound.

[Middle English chukken, of imitative origin.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
chuck

  1. in.
    and chuck up. to empty one's stomach; to vomit. (See also upchuck.) : I think I gotta chuck! , Mommy, I'm going to chuck up.
  2. tv.
    to throw something away. : Chuck this thing! It's no good.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

woodchuck 
1674, alteration (influenced by wood (n.)) of Algonquian (Cree) otchek or Ojibwa otchig, "marten," the name subsequently transferred to the groundhog.

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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