chuck

chuck¹ (ch

tr.v. chucked, chuck·ing, chucks

1. To pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin.

a. To throw or toss: chucked stones into the water.

b. Informal To throw out; discard: chucked my old sweater.

c. Informal To force out; eject: chucking out the troublemakers.

3. Informal To give up; quit: chucked her job.

1. An affectionate pat or squeeze under the chin.

2. A throw, toss, or pitch.

[Variant of chock, possibly from French choc, knock, blow; see shock¹.]

chuck² (ch

1. A cut of beef extending from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade.

a. A clamp that holds a tool or the material being worked in a machine such as a lathe.

b. A clamping device for holding a drill bit.

3. Informal Food.

[Dialectal chuck, lump, perhaps variant of chock.]

chuck ¹

Verb

1. Informal to throw carelessly

2. Informal (sometimes foll. by in, up)to give up; reject: he chucked in his job

3. to pat (someone) affectionately under the chin

4. Austral & NZ informal to vomit

Noun

1. a throw or toss

2. a pat under the chin

See also chuck off, chuck out [origin unknown]

chuck ²

Noun

1. Also: (chuck steak) a cut of beef from the neck to the shoulder blade

2. a device that holds a workpiece in a lathe or a tool in a drill [variant of chock]

chuck ³

Noun

W Canada

1. a large body of water

2. Also: (saltchuck) the sea [Chinook]

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	chuck - informal terms for a meal eats, grub, chow fare - the food and drink that are regularly served or consumed
	2.	chuck - the part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade side of beef - dressed half of a beef carcass cut of beef - cut of meat from beef cattle blade - a cut of beef from the shoulder blade shoulder - a cut of meat including the upper joint of the foreleg
	3.	chuck - a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill collet chuck, collet - a cone-shaped chuck used for holding cylindrical pieces in a lathe drill - a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows) electric drill - a rotating power drill powered by an electric motor holding device - a device for holding something jaw - holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object lathe - machine tool for shaping metal or wood; the workpiece turns about a horizontal axis against a fixed tool
Verb	1.	chuck - throw carelessly; "chuck the ball" toss throw - propel through the air; "throw a frisbee"
	2.	chuck - throw away; "Chuck these old notes" ditch jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" abandon - forsake, leave behind; "We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot"
	3.	chuck - pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin pat caress, fondle - touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner; "He caressed her face"; "They fondled in the back seat of the taxi"
	4.	chuck - 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" barf, be sick, puke, regorge, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up, retch, sick, spue, cat, disgorge, spew, honk, regurgitate, purge, cast egest, excrete, eliminate, pass - eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone"

chuck

verb 1. (informal) throw, cast, pitch, shy, toss, hurl, fling, sling, heave

verb 2. (often with away or out) (informal) throw out, dump (informal) scrap, get rid of, bin (informal) ditch (slang) junk (informal) discard, dispose of, dispense with, jettison

verb 3. (informal) give up or over, leave, stop, abandon, cease, resign from, pack in, jack in

verb 4. slang vomit, throw up (informal) spew, heave (slang) puke (slang) barf U.S. (slang) chunder (slang), chiefly Austral. upchuck U.S. (slang) do a technicolour yawn, toss your cookies U.S. (slang)

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