'Chuck' definitions:
Definition of 'chuck'
(from WordNet)
noun
noun
The part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade
noun
A holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill
verb
Throw carelessly; "chuck the ball" [syn: chuck, toss]
verb
Throw away; "Chuck these old notes" [syn: chuck, ditch]
verb
Pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin [syn: chuck, pat]
verb
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]
Definition of 'Chuck'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Chuck'
From: 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]
Definition of 'Chuck'
From: GCIDE
- Chuck \Chuck\, v. t. To call, as a hen her chickens. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Chuck'
From: 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]
Definition of 'Chuck'
From: 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]
Definition of 'Chuck'
From: 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]
Definition of 'Chuck'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'chuck'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandon,
- abjure,
- abstract,
- anchorage,
- barf,
- be seasick,
- be sick,
- beak,
- blade roast,
- boot out,
- bounce,
- bowl,
- breast,
- bring up,
- brisket,
- brush,
- brush aside,
- bunt,
- cackle,
- call,
- carol,
- cast,
- cast aside,
- cast at,
- cast away,
- cast off,
- cast out,
- catapult,
- caw,
- change of pace,
- change-up,
- chase,
- Chateaubriand,
- chatter,
- cheep,
- chirk,
- chirp,
- chirr,
- chirrup,
- chitter,
- chow,
- chuck,
- chuck at,
- chuck out,
- chuck roast,
- chuck up,
- chunk,
- clack,
- clap,
- clear,
- clear away,
- clear out,
- clear the decks,
- clod,
- cluck,
- cock-a-doodle-doo,
- cold cuts,
- contemn,
- contradict,
- coo,
- croak,
- cronk,
- crow,
- cuckoo,
- curve,
- cut out,
- dab,
- dart,
- dash,
- decline,
- deep-six,
- defenestrate,
- deny,
- deport,
- desert,
- despise,
- detrude,
- disapprove,
- discard,
- discharge,
- disclaim,
- discount,
- disdain,
- disgorge,
- dismiss,
- disown,
- dispose of,
- disregard,
- ditch,
- downcurve,
- drum,
- dump,
- eats,
- egest,
- eighty-six,
- eject,
- elide,
- eliminate,
- eradicate,
- evict,
- except,
- exclude,
- exile,
- expatriate,
- expel,
- extrude,
- fastball,
- feed the fish,
- filet mignon,
- fillip,
- fire,
- fire at,
- flank,
- flick,
- fling,
- fling at,
- flip,
- flirt,
- fork,
- forsake,
- forswear,
- forward pass,
- gabble,
- gag,
- gaggle,
- get quit of,
- get rid of,
- get shut of,
- give away,
- give the hook,
- gobble,
- graze,
- grub,
- grubbery,
- guggle,
- harborage,
- haven,
- heave,
- heave at,
- heave out,
- heave the gorge,
- honk,
- hoo,
- hoot,
- hurl,
- hurl against,
- hurl at,
- hurtle,
- ignore,
- incurve,
- jerk,
- jettison,
- jilt,
- junk,
- keck,
- kick downstairs,
- kick out,
- knuckle,
- knuckleball,
- lance,
- lateral,
- lateral pass,
- launch,
- let fly,
- let fly at,
- liquidate,
- lob,
- loin,
- obtrude,
- oust,
- out,
- outcurve,
- outlaw,
- part with,
- pass,
- pass by,
- pass up,
- pat,
- peck,
- peep,
- peg,
- pelt,
- pick,
- pick out,
- pip,
- pipe,
- pitch,
- pitchfork,
- plank,
- plate,
- plate piece,
- plop,
- plump,
- plunk,
- port,
- pot roast,
- puke,
- purge,
- push aside,
- put,
- put out,
- put the shot,
- quack,
- quit,
- rack,
- rap,
- rebuff,
- recant,
- refuse,
- refuse to consider,
- regurgitate,
- reject,
- remove,
- renounce,
- repel,
- repudiate,
- repulse,
- retch,
- rib roast,
- ribs,
- riding,
- roads,
- roadstead,
- roast,
- roll,
- rolled roast,
- root out,
- root up,
- round,
- rump,
- rump roast,
- saddle,
- scold,
- scout,
- scrap,
- screwball,
- serve,
- service,
- shank,
- shed,
- short ribs,
- shot-put,
- shoulder,
- shoulder clod,
- shove away,
- shy,
- shy at,
- sick up,
- sing,
- sinker,
- sirloin,
- slap,
- slider,
- sling,
- sling at,
- slough,
- snap,
- spew,
- spitball,
- spitter,
- spurn,
- squawk,
- strike off,
- strike out,
- tap,
- tenderloin,
- throw,
- throw at,
- throw away,
- throw out,
- throw over,
- throw overboard,
- throw up,
- thrust,
- thrust out,
- tickle,
- tilt,
- tip,
- toss,
- toss at,
- toss out,
- toss overboard,
- touch,
- trill,
- turn away,
- turn out,
- tweet,
- twit,
- twitter,
- upchuck,
- upcurve,
- vomit,
- waive,
- warble,
- weed out,
- whisk,
- whistle
Words containing 'Chuck'
- Chucked,
- Chucking,
- chuck out,
- Chuck farthing,
- Chuck hole,
- Chuck rib,
- Eccentric chuck,
- Elliptic chuck,
- Fork chuck,
- Meyers Chuck,
- Scroll chuck,
- Universal chuck,
- chuck berry,
- chuck up the sponge,
- chuck wagon,
- collet chuck,
- Meyers Chuck, AK,
- chuck short ribs,
- chuck-full,
- Chuck-Will's-widow,
- chockablockpredicate chock-fullpredicate chockfullpredicate chockfulpredicate choke-fullpredicate chuck-fullpredicate cram full