CHUCKS

Noun

chucks

plural of chuck

(Scotland) The game of jacks or jackstones.

Verb

chucks

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chuck

Anagrams

• Schuck

Noun

Chucks

plural of Chuck

Anagrams

• Schuck

Source: Wiktionary

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CHUCK

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

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