chuck
(noun) a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill
chow, chuck, eats, grub
(noun) informal terms for a meal
chuck
(noun) the part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade
vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up
(verb) 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”
chuck, pat
(verb) pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin
chuck, toss
(verb) throw carelessly; “chuck the ball”
chuck, ditch
(verb) throw away; “Chuck these old notes”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
chuck (countable and uncountable, plural chucks)
(cooking) Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.
(US, slang, dated) Food.
(mechanical engineering) A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder.
chuck (third-person singular simple present chucks, present participle chucking, simple past and past participle chucked)
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 (plural chucks)
(dialect, obsolete) A chicken, a hen.
A clucking sound.
(slang) A friend or close acquaintance; term of endearment.
chuck (third-person singular simple present chucks, present participle chucking, simple past and past participle chucked)
To make a clucking sound.
To call, as a hen her chickens.
chuck (plural chucks)
A gentle touch or tap.
(informal) A casual throw.
(cricket, informal) A throw, an incorrect bowling action.
(slang) An act or instance of vomiting.
chuck (third-person singular simple present chucks, present participle chucking, simple past and past participle chucked)
To touch or tap gently.
(transitive, informal) To throw, especially in a careless or inaccurate manner.
(intransitive, cricket) To throw; to bowl with an incorrect action.
(transitive, informal) To discard, to throw away.
(transitive, informal) To jilt; to dump.
(intransitive, slang) To vomit.
(South Africa, slang, intransitive) To leave; to depart; to bounce.
(obsolete) To chuckle; to laugh.
chuck (plural chucks)
Abbreviation of woodchuck.
chuck (plural chucks)
(Scotland) A small pebble.
(Scotland, obsolete, slang, in the plural) Money.
• chuckie, chucky
• chuckstone, chuckiestone
Chuck (plural Chucks)
A form of the male given name Charles, of mostly American usage.
Chuck (plural Chucks)
(informal, usually, in the plural) a Chuck Taylor All-Stars shoe.
Chuck
(Canada, slang) The city of Edmonton.
Source: Wiktionary
Chuck, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chucked; p. pr. & vb. n. Chucking.] Etym: [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.
Chuck, v. t.
Definition: To call, as a hen her chickens. Dryden.
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, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chucked; p. pr. & vb. n. Chucking.] Etym: [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.)
Definition: 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, n.
1. A slight blow or pat under the chin.
2. A short throw; a toss.
3. (Mach.)
Definition: 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 silder and an eccentric circle, which, as the work turns round, give it a sliding motion across the center which generates an ellipse. Knight.
Chuck, n.
1. A small pebble; -- called also chuckstone and chuckiestone. [Scot.]
2. pl.
Definition: A game played with chucks, in which one or more are tossed up and caught; jackstones. [Scot.]
Chuck, n.
Definition: 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.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
