chuck

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• Chuck

  ·noun A sudden, small noise. II. Chuck ·noun A short throw; a toss. III. Chuck ·noun The chuck or ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• chuck

  My chuck; a term of endearment. to chuck To shew a propensity for a man. The mors chucks; the wenc...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• to chuck

  To throw, by a quick and dexterous motion, a short distance.--Dorsetshire Glossary. Todd. This word ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• chuck

  a great chip. Suss. In other counties called a chunk, or junk. So a CHUNK of beef. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• chuck! chuck!

  a word commonly used in calling swine. Hamps. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• chuck farthing

  A parish clerk. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• chuck-full

  Entirely full. Common in familiar language as well as chock-full, which see for other examples. [At...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• Chuck-Will's-widow

  ·noun A species of goatsucker (Antrostomus Carolinensis), of the southern United States; — so calle...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• chuck-will's-widow

  The common name of a bird of a bird of the whippoorwill family (capimulgus Caroniensis). Mr. Audubon...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.