Definitions for Chuck
tʃʌkChuck

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. chow, chuck, eats, grubnoun

   informal terms for a meal

2. chucknoun

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

3. chuckverb

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

4. chuck, tossverb

   throw carelessly

   "chuck the ball"

5. chuck, ditchverb

   throw away

   "Chuck these old notes"

6. chuck, patverb

   pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin

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

   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"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Chucknoun

   A diminutive of the male given name Charles.

2. Chucknoun

   a Chuck Taylor shoe (usually referred to in plural form, Chucks).

3. Chucknoun

   The city of Edmonton (so named because of the large Ukrainian population; -chuk (-) is common suffix in Ukrainian surnames).

4. Etymology: Variant of chock.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Chucknoun

   Etymology: from the verb.

   1. The voice of a hen.

   He made the chuck four or five times, that people use to make to chickens when they call them. William Temple.

   2. A word of endearment, corrupted from chicken or chick.

   Come, your promise. ———— What promise, chuck? William Shakespeare, Othello.

   3. A sudden small noise.

2. To Chuckverb

   1. To call as a hen calls her young.

   Then crowing, clapp’d his wings, th’ appointed call,
   To chuck his wives together in the hall. John Dryden, Fables.

   2. To give a gentle blow under the chin, so as to make the mouth strike together.

   Come, chuck the infant under the chin, force a smile, and cry, ay, the boy takes after his mother’s relations. William Congreve, O. B.

3. To CHUCKverb

   To make a noise like a hen, when she calls her chickens.

   Etymology: A word probably formed in imitation of the sound that it expresses; or perhaps corrupted from chick.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Chuckverb

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

2. Chuckverb

   to chuckle; to laugh

3. Chuckverb

   to call, as a hen her chickens

4. Chucknoun

   the chuck or call of a hen

5. Chucknoun

   a sudden, small noise

6. Chucknoun

   a word of endearment; -- corrupted from chick

7. Chuckverb

   to strike gently; to give a gentle blow to

8. Chuckverb

   to toss or throw smartly out of the hand; to pitch

9. Chuckverb

   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

10. Chucknoun

    a slight blow or pat under the chin

11. Chucknoun

    a short throw; a toss

12. Chucknoun

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

13. Chucknoun

    a small pebble; -- called also chuckstone and chuckiestone

14. Chucknoun

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

15. Chucknoun

    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

16. Etymology: [Imitative of the sound.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. ChucK

   ChucK is a concurrent, strongly timed audio programming language for real-time synthesis, composition, and performance, which runs on Mac OS X, Linux, Microsoft Windows, and iPhone/iPad. It is designed to favor readability and flexibility for the programmer over other considerations such as raw performance. It natively supports deterministic concurrency and multiple, simultaneous, dynamic control rates. Another key feature is the ability to live code; adding, removing, and modifying code on the fly, while the program is running, without stopping or restarting. It has a highly precise timing/concurrency model, allowing for arbitrarily fine granularity. It offers composers and researchers a powerful and flexible programming tool for building and experimenting with complex audio synthesis programs, and real-time interactive control. ChucK was created and chiefly designed by Ge Wang as a graduate student working with Perry R. Cook. ChucK is distributed freely under the terms of the GNU General Public License on Mac OS X, Linux and Microsoft Windows. On iPhone/iPad, ChiP is distributed under a limited, closed source license, and is not currently licensed to the public. However, the core team has stated that it would like to explore "ways to open ChiP by creating a beneficial environment for everyone".

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Chuck

   chuk, n. the call of a hen: a chicken (dim. Chuck′ie): a word of endearment.—v.i. to call, as a hen. [A variety of Cluck.]

2. Chuck

   chuk, n. a gentle blow, as under the chin: (coll.) a toss or throw; any game of pitch and toss.—v.t. to pat gently, as under the chin: to toss: to pitch.—n. Chuck′-far′thing, a game in which a farthing is chucked into a hole. [Fr. choquer, to jolt; allied to Shock.]

3. Chuck

   chuk, n. a pebble or small stone: a game with such stones, often called Chuck′ies: an instrument for holding an object so that it can be rotated, as upon the mandrel of a lathe. [Der. uncertain; cf. It. cioco, a block, stump.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. chuck

   A sea-shell. Nickname for a boatswain, "Old chucks." Also, an old word signifying large chips of wood.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. CHUCK

   A tool for tighten a drill or drill press

   Submitted by rinat on February 27, 2020  

2. chuckverb

   To throw (something) carelessly and forcefully.

   I had to chuck the ball but I caused an accident!

   Submitted by zakaria1409 on July 3, 2022  

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1. chuck

   Song lyrics by chuck -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by chuck on the Lyrics.com website.

Matched Categories

1. • Abandon
   • Caress
   • Cut Of Beef
   • Eliminate
   • Fare
   • Throw

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Chuck' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3290

How to pronounce Chuck?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Chuck in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Chuck in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Chuck in a Sentence

1. Johnny Galecki:

   I met this fellow a month or two ago and he’s a hero of mine and I knew that he was a hero of Chuck [Lorre] and Bill [Prady’s], so I just accosted him and cornered him and practically made him commit on the spot to play my father, i’m really excited about it. It’s going to be a lot of fun.

2. Corey Booker:

   We should be giving this person a hearing and an up or down vote, to not do so is violative of the United States Constitution. Now the tables are turned. Senate Republicans are in control of the Senate and the White House, and while a confirmation of Judge Neil Gorsuch hangs in the balance, the hypocrisy of The Democrats is on full display. Chuck Schumer, not the Senate Minority Leader, has had a change of heart. The Democrats intend to filibuster Judge Neil Gorsuch, meaning The Democrats ’ll need 60votes or a change of Senate rules to get through.

3. Chuck Grassley:

   Chuck Grassley is always well prepared. I think there is a lot of ways to get power in the Senate, but I think being knowledgeable and being willing to explain it with regard to any position you take -- Chuck Grassley seems to be well prepared on almost anything.

4. Donald Trump:

   I'll tell you what, I am proud to shut down the government for border security, Chuck Schumer of New York, so I will take the mantle. I will be the one to shut it down. I'm not going to blame you for it.

5. Ted Cruz:

   There's a reason when Barack Obama and Chuck Schumer came after our right to keep and bear arms, that I led the opposition, along with millions of Americans, we defeated that gun control legislation. I would note that the other individuals on this stage were nowhere to be found in that fight.

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