CHALK

chalk

(noun) a piece of calcite or a similar substance, usually in the shape of a crayon, that is used to write or draw on blackboards or other flat surfaces

methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, meth, deoxyephedrine, chalk, chicken feed, crank, glass, ice, shabu, trash

(noun) an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant

chalk

(noun) a pure flat white with little reflectance

chalk

(noun) a soft whitish calcite

chalk

(verb) write, draw, or trace with chalk

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

chalk (countable and uncountable, plural chalks)

(uncountable) A soft, white, powdery limestone.

(countable) A piece of chalk, or nowadays processed compressed gypsum, that is used for drawing and for writing on a blackboard.

Tailor's chalk.

(uncountable, climbing) A white powdery substance used to prevent hands slipping from holds when climbing, sometimes but not always limestone-chalk.

(US, military, countable) A platoon-sized group of airborne soldiers.

(US, sports, chiefly, basketball, horseracing) The favorite in a sporting event.

(US, sports, chiefly, basketball) The prediction that there will be no upsets, and the favored competitor will win.

Verb

chalk (third-person singular simple present chalks, present participle chalking, simple past and past participle chalked)

To apply chalk to anything, such as the tip of a billiard cue.

To record something, as on a blackboard, using chalk.

To use powdered chalk to mark the lines on a playing field.

(figuratively) To record a score or event, as if on a chalkboard.

To manure (land) with chalk.

To make white, as if with chalk; to make pale; to bleach.

Proper noun

Chalk (plural Chalks)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Chalk is the 10079^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3198 individuals. Chalk is most common among White (72.7%) and Black/African American (17.85%) individuals.

Source: Wiktionary

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Chalk, n. Etym: [AS. cealc lime, from L. calx limestone. See Calz, and Cawk.]

1. (Min.)

Definition: A soft, earthy substance, of a white, grayish, or yellowish white color, consisting of calcium carbonate, and having the same composition as common limestone.

2. (Fine Arts)

Definition: Finely prepared chalk, used as a drawing implement; also, by extension, a compound, as of clay and black lead, or the like, used in the same manner. See Crayon. Black chalk, a mineral of a bluish color, of a slaty texture, and soiling the fingers when handled; a variety of argillaceous slate.

– By a long chalk, by a long way; by many degrees. [Slang] Lowell.

– Chalk drawing (Fine Arts), a drawing made with crayons. See Crayon.

– Chalk formation. See Cretaceous formation, under Cretaceous.

– Chalk line, a cord rubbed with chalk, used for making straight lines on boards or other material, as a guide in cutting or in arranging work.

– Chalk mixture, a preparation of chalk, cinnamon, and sugar in gum water, much used in diarrheal affection, esp. of infants.

– Chalk period. (Geol.) See Cretaceous period, under Cretaceous.

– Chalk pit, a pit in which chalk is dug.

– Drawing chalk. See Crayon, n., 1.

– French chalk, steatite or soapstone, a soft magnesian mineral.

– Red chalk, an indurated clayey ocher containing iron, and used by painters and artificers; reddle.

Chalk, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chalked; p. pr. & vb. n. Chalking.]

1. To rub or mark with chalk.

2. To manure with chalk, as land. Morimer.

3. To make white, as with chalk; to make pale; to bleach. Tennyson. Let a bleak paleness chalk the door. Herbert. To chalk out, to sketch with, or as with, chalk; to outline; to indicate; to plan. [Colloq.] "I shall pursue the plan I have chalked out." Burke.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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