Noun
a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill

Noun
informal terms for a meal

Noun
the part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade

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"

Verb
pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin

Verb
throw carelessly; "chuck the ball"

Verb
throw away; "Chuck these old notes"

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v. i.
To make a noise resembling that of a hen when she calls her chickens; to cluck.

v. i.
To chuckle; to laugh.

v. t.
To call, as a hen her chickens.

n.
The chuck or call of a hen.

n.
A sudden, small noise.

n.
A word of endearment; -- corrupted from chick.

v. t.
To strike gently; to give a gentle blow to.

v. t.
To toss or throw smartly out of the hand; to pitch.

v. t.
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.

n.
A slight blow or pat under the chin.

n.
A short throw; a toss.

n.
A contrivance or machine fixed to the mandrel of a lathe, for holding a tool or the material to be operated upon.

n.
A small pebble; -- called also chuckstone and chuckiestone.

n.
A game played with chucks, in which one or more are tossed up and caught; jackstones.

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.

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Chuck

Chuck , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chucked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Chucking.] [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

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.

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 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

Chuck , 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.]

To make a noise resembling that of a hen when she calls her chickens; to cluck.

To call, as a hen her chickens.

The chuck or call of a hen.

To strike gently; to give a gentle blow to.

A slight blow or pat under the chin.

A small pebble; -- called also chuckstone and chuckiestone.

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.