CHUCK - 15 definitions found
chuck n 1: informal terms for a meal [syn: chow, chuck, eats, grub] 2: the part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade 3: a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill v 1: throw carelessly; "chuck the ball" [syn: chuck, toss] 2: throw away; "Chuck these old notes" [syn: chuck, ditch] 3: pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin [syn: chuck, pat] 4: 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" [syn: vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up] [ant: keep down] A Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon By George Gibbs Chuck n. Nootka, CHAUK (Cook); CHAHAK, fresh water (Jewitt); Chinook, TLTSUK (Shortess); Clatsop, TL'CHUKW. Water; a river or stream. Salt chuck, the sea; skookum chuck, a rapid; solleks chuck, a rough sea; chuck chahko or kalipi, the tide rises or falls; saghilli and keekwillie chuck, high and low tide. Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary chuck (chucks, chucking, chucked) 1. When you chuck something somewhere, you throw it there in a casual or careless way. (INFORMAL) I took a great dislike to the clock, so I chucked it in the dustbin... = throw VERB: V n prep/adv 2. If you chuck your job or some other activity, you stop doing it. (INFORMAL) Last summer, he chucked his 10-year career as a London stockbroker and headed for the mountains. VERB: V n • In British English chuck in and chuck up mean the same as chuck. Almost half the British public think about chucking in their jobs and doing their own thing at least once a month. PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), also V n P 3. If your girlfriend or boyfriend chucks you, they end the relationship. (INFORMAL) There wasn't a great fuss when I chucked her. VERB: V n 4. A chuck is a device for holding a tool in a machine such as a drill. N-COUNT 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue CHUCK My chuck; a term of endearment. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Chuck \Chuck\ (ch[u^]k), 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.] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 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. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 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.] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Chuck \Chuck\, v. t. To call, as a hen her chickens. --Dryden. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 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. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 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. --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. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 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. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms chuck I. v. a. 1. Tap or pat (under the chin). 2. Throw, pitch, hurl, toss, thrust, push. II. n. 1. Tap or pat (under the chin). 2. Throw, toss, thrust, push. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 297 Moby Thesaurus words for "chuck": Chateaubriand, abandon, abjure, abstract, anchorage, barf, be seasick, be sick, beak, blade roast, boot out, bounce, bowl, breast, bring up, brisket, brush, brush aside, bunt, cackle, call, carol, cast, cast aside, cast at, cast away, cast off, cast out, catapult, caw, change of pace, change-up, chase, chatter, cheep, chirk, chirp, chirr, chirrup, chitter, chow, chuck, chuck at, chuck out, chuck roast, chuck up, chunk, clack, clap, clear, clear away, clear out, clear the decks, clod, cluck, cock-a-doodle-doo, cold cuts, contemn, contradict, coo, croak, cronk, crow, cuckoo, curve, cut out, dab, dart, dash, decline, deep-six, defenestrate, deny, deport, desert, despise, detrude, disapprove, discard, discharge, disclaim, discount, disdain, disgorge, dismiss, disown, dispose of, disregard, ditch, downcurve, drum, dump, eats, egest, eighty-six, eject, elide, eliminate, eradicate, evict, except, exclude, exile, expatriate, expel, extrude, fastball, feed the fish, filet mignon, fillip, fire, fire at, flank, flick, fling, fling at, flip, flirt, fork, forsake, forswear, forward pass, gabble, gag, gaggle, get quit of, get rid of, get shut of, give away, give the hook, gobble, graze, grub, grubbery, guggle, harborage, haven, heave, heave at, heave out, heave the gorge, honk, hoo, hoot, hurl, hurl against, hurl at, hurtle, ignore, incurve, jerk, jettison, jilt, junk, keck, kick downstairs, kick out, knuckle, knuckleball, lance, lateral, lateral pass, launch, let fly, let fly at, liquidate, lob, loin, obtrude, oust, out, outcurve, outlaw, part with, pass, pass by, pass up, pat, peck, peep, peg, pelt, pick, pick out, pip, pipe, pitch, pitchfork, plank, plate, plate piece, plop, plump, plunk, port, pot roast, puke, purge, push aside, put, put out, put the shot, quack, quit, rack, rap, rebuff, recant, refuse, refuse to consider, regurgitate, reject, remove, renounce, repel, repudiate, repulse, retch, rib roast, ribs, riding, roads, roadstead, roast, roll, rolled roast, root out, root up, round, rump, rump roast, saddle, scold, scout, scrap, screwball, serve, service, shank, shed, short ribs, shot-put, shoulder, shoulder clod, shove away, shy, shy at, sick up, sing, sinker, sirloin, slap, slider, sling, sling at, slough, snap, spew, spitball, spitter, spurn, squawk, strike off, strike out, tap, tenderloin, throw, throw at, throw away, throw out, throw over, throw overboard, throw up, thrust, thrust out, tickle, tilt, tip, toss, toss at, toss out, toss overboard, touch, trill, turn away, turn out, tweet, twit, twitter, upchuck, upcurve, vomit, waive, warble, weed out, whisk, whistle |
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