Definitions of chuck [ʃʌk]

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Definition of 'chuck'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) chuck
to toss; throw.

2.  chuck
to throw away.

3.  chuck
to eject from a public place (often fol. by out).

4.  chuck
to resign from:
He's chucked his job.

5.  chuck
to pat or tap lightly, as under the chin.

6. (n.) chuck
a light pat or tap.

7.  chuck
a toss; pitch.

8. (n.) chuck
the cut of beef between the neck and shoulder blade.

9.  chuck
a block or log used as a chock.

10.  chuck
a device to center and clamp work in a lathe or other machine tool.

11.  chuck
a device for holding a drill bit.

12. (v.i.) chuck
to cluck.

13. (n.) chuck
a clucking sound.

14. (n.) chuck
food; provisions.

Etymology: (1840–50; special use of chuck²)

Definition of 'chuck'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) chow, chuck, eats, grub
informal terms for a meal

2. (noun) chuck
the part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade

3. (verb) chuck
a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill

4. (verb) chuck, toss
throw carelessly
"chuck the ball"

5. (verb) chuck, ditch
throw away
"Chuck these old notes"

6. (verb) chuck, pat
pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin

7. (verb) vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up
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"

Definition of 'chuck'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) chuck
the chuck or call of a hen

2. (noun) chuck
a sudden, small noise

3. (noun) chuck
a word of endearment; -- corrupted from chick

4. (noun) chuck
a slight blow or pat under the chin

5. (noun) chuck
a short throw; a toss

6. (noun) chuck
a contrivance or machine fixed to the mandrel of a lathe, for holding a tool or the material to be operated upon

7. (noun) chuck
a small pebble; -- called also chuckstone and chuckiestone

8. (noun) chuck
a game played with chucks, in which one or more are tossed up and caught; jackstones

9. (noun) chuck
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

10. (verb) chuck
to make a noise resembling that of a hen when she calls her chickens; to cluck

11. (verb) chuck
to chuckle; to laugh

12. (verb) chuck
to call, as a hen her chickens

13. (verb) chuck
to strike gently; to give a gentle blow to

14. (verb) chuck
to toss or throw smartly out of the hand; to pitch

15. (verb) chuck
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

Translation of 'chuck'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to throw Chuck this rubbish in the dustbin.
Afrikaans: gooi	Arabic: رَمْي النِّفايَه	Bulgarian: захвърлям
Brazilian: lançar	Czech: zahodit	German: schmeißen
Danish: smide; kaste	Greek: πετώ, ρίχνω κτ.	Spanish: tirar
Estonian: viskama	Farsi: انداختن؛ پرتاب کردن	Finnish: nakata
French: jeter	Hebrew: לִזְרוֹק	Hindi: लापरवाही से फेंकना
Croatian: baciti, odbaciti	Hungarian: eldob	Indonesian: melemparkan
Icelandic: henda	Italian: buttare	Japanese: 投げ捨てる
Korean: 던저버리다	Lithuanian: mesti	Latvian: sviest; mest
Malay: buang	Dutch: gooien	Norwegian: kaste, hive, kassere
Polish: rzucać	Persian: انداختن؛ پرتاب کردن	Pashto: ارتېيل، غورځول ، په اسانۍ
Portuguese: lançar	Romanian: a arunca	Russian: швырять
Slovak: (vy)hodiť	Slovenian: vreči	Serbian: baciti
Swedish: slänga, hiva	Thai: โยน	Turkish: atmak, fırlatmak
Taiwanese: 扔	Ukrainian: кидати, жбурляти	Urdu: پھینکنا
Vietnamese: quăng; vứt	Chinese: 扔
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