Chuck

·noun A sudden, small noise.

II. Chuck ·noun A short throw; a toss.

III. Chuck ·noun The chuck or call of a hen.

IV. Chuck ·vt To call, as a hen her chickens.

V. Chuck ·noun A slight blow or pat under the chin.

VI. Chuck ·vt To strike gently; to give a gentle blow to.

VII. Chuck ·noun A word of endearment;

— corrupted from chick.

VIII. Chuck ·noun A small pebble;

— called also chuckstone and chuckiestone.

IX. Chuck ·vi To Chuckle; to Laugh.

X. Chuck ·vt To toss or throw smartly out of the hand; to Pitch.

XI. Chuck ·noun A game played with chucks, in which one or more are tossed up and caught; jackstones.

XII. Chuck ·vi To make a noise resembling that of a hen when she calls her chickens; to Cluck.

XIII. Chuck ·noun A contrivance or machine fixed to the mandrel of a lathe, for holding a tool or the material to be operated upon.

XIV. Chuck ·vt 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.

XV. Chuck ·noun 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.