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Webster 1913 Edition

Chuck

Chuck

(chŭk)
,
Verb.
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

,
Verb.
T.
To call, as a hen her chickens.
Dryden.

Chuck

,
Noun.
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

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Chucked
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Chucking
.]
[F.
choquer
to strike. Cf.
Shock
,
Verb.
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.)
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

,
Noun.
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 slider and an eccentric circle, which, as the work turns round, give it a sliding motion across the center which generates an ellipse.
Knight.

Chuck

(chŭk)
,
Noun.
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

,
Noun.
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.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Chuck

CHUCK

,
Verb.
I.
To make the noise of a hen or partridge, when she calls her chickens.

CHUCK

,
Verb.
T.
To call, as a hen her chickens.

CHUCK

,
Verb.
I.
To jeer; to laugh. [See Chuckle.]

CHUCK

, v.t.
1.
To strike, or give a gentle blow; as, to chuck one under the chin.
2.
To throw, with quick motion, a short distance; to pitch.

CHUCK

, n.
1.
The voice or call of a hen.
2.
A sudden small noise.
3.
A word of endearment, corrupted from chick, chicken.

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