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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Chuck \Chuck\ (ch[u^]k), n. 1. A small pebble; -- called also {chuckstone} and {chuckiestone}. [Scot.] [1913 Webster] 2. pl. A game played with chucks, in which one or more are tossed up and caught; jackstones. [Scot.] [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Chuck \Chuck\ (ch[u^]k), 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To chuckle; to laugh. [R.] --Marston. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Chuck \Chuck\, v. t. To call, as a hen her chickens. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Chuck \Chuck\, n. 1. The chuck or call of a hen. [1913 Webster] 2. A sudden, small noise. [1913 Webster] 3. A word of endearment; -- corrupted from chick. "Pray, chuck, come hither." --Shak. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] Chucked the barmaid under the chin. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster] 2. To toss or throw smartly out of the hand; to pitch. [Colloq.] "Mahomet Ali will just be chucked into the Nile." --Lord Palmerson. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Chuck \Chuck\, n. 1. A slight blow or pat under the chin. [1913 Webster] 2. A short throw; a toss. [1913 Webster] 3. (Mach.) A contrivance or machine fixed to the mandrel of a lathe, for holding a tool or the material to be operated upon. [1913 Webster] {Chuck farthing}, a play in which a farthing is pitched into a hole; pitch farthing. {Chuck hole}, a deep hole in a wagon rut. {Elliptic chuck}, a chuck having a slider and an eccentric circle, which, as the work turns round, give it a sliding motion across the center which generates an ellipse. --Knight. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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.] [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: 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}]