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Chuck
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 7
Part of speech: noun (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 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 7
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. A slight blow or pat under the chin.
2. A short throw; a toss.
3. A contrivance or machine fixed to the mandrel of a lathe, for holding a tool or the material to be operated upon.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 7
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. A small pebble; -- called also chuckstone and chuckiestone. [Scot.]
2. A game played with chucks, in which one or more are tossed up and caught; jackstones. [Scot.]
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 4 of 7
Part of speech: noun (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 1828 Dictionary · 1828 5 of 7
Part of speech: verb (v.)
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 1828 Dictionary · 1828 6 of 7
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To call, as a hen her chickens. Dryden.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 7 of 7
Part of speech: verb (v.)
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. 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.