'Chucking' definitions:

Definition of 'Chucking'

From: 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]

Definition of 'Chucking'

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]

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