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chuck

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/tʃʌk/ English

Definitions

noun

  1. Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.
  2. Food.
  3. A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder.

verb

  1. To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning.
  2. To bore or turn (a hole) in a revolving piece held in a chuck.

noun

  1. A chicken, a hen.
  2. A clucking sound.
  3. A friend or close acquaintance; term of endearment.“Are you all right, chuck?”

verb

  1. To make a clucking sound.
  2. To call, as a hen her chickens.

noun

  1. A gentle touch or tap.“She gave him an affectionate chuck under the chin.”
  2. A casual throw.
  3. A throw, an incorrect bowling action.
  4. An act or instance of vomiting.

verb

  1. To touch or tap gently.
  2. To throw, especially in a careless or inaccurate manner.“Chuck that magazine to me, would you?”
  3. To throw; to bowl with an incorrect action.
  4. To discard, to throw away.“This food's gone off - you'd better chuck it.”

noun

  1. A rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots, Marmota monax.

noun

  1. A small pebble.
  2. (in the plural) Money.

Related words

Synonyms

groundhogland-beavermoonackwhistle pigchuckiechuckychuckiestonechuckstonechoweatscatditchspewgrubregurgitatevomitregorgedisgorge

Associated

yeagerlorrenollfulcrumintersectberrynorriselliecaseyversussarahserena

Rhymes

ruckthunderstrucksuckawestruckpluckstuckmoonstruckshuckamokfuck

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