chuck.
Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.
Meaning & usage
Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.
Food.
A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder.
Where this word comes from
Variant of chock.
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.
Where this word comes from
Variant of chock.
A chicken, a hen.
A clucking sound.
A friend or close acquaintance; term of endearment.
Are you all right, chuck?
Where this word comes from
From Middle English chuk, of onomatopoeic origin, imitative of a hen's cluck.
To make a clucking sound.
To call, as a hen her chickens.
To chuckle; to laugh.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English chukken, from the noun (see above).
A gentle touch or tap.
She gave him an affectionate chuck under the chin.
A casual throw.
A throw, an incorrect bowling action.
An act or instance of vomiting.
On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc., the muting of a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.
Where this word comes from
From earlier chock, likely imitative, but perhaps also from Middle English chokken (“to thrust, pierce, cram”), from Picard Old French chuquier (“to collide, strike”, intransitive verb), from Middle Dutch schocken (“to bump, shake”). Doublet of shock and shuck.
To playfully give a light touch, stroke, tap, etc., to someone, especially under the chin.
To throw, especially in a careless or inaccurate manner.
Chuck that magazine to me, would you?
To throw; to bowl with an incorrect action.
To discard, to throw away.
This food's gone off - you'd better chuck it.
To jilt; to dump.
She's chucked me for another man!
To give up; to stop doing; to quit.
To vomit.
To leave; to depart; to bounce.
Let's chuck.
On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc.: to mute a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.
Where this word comes from
From earlier chock, likely imitative, but perhaps also from Middle English chokken (“to thrust, pierce, cram”), from Picard Old French chuquier (“to collide, strike”, intransitive verb), from Middle Dutch schocken (“to bump, shake”). Doublet of shock and shuck.
A small pebble.
Money.
Where this word comes from
From chuck (“to toss”).
A pair of nunchaku, especially when using two.
Where this word comes from
Clipping of nunchuck, variant of nunchaku.
Abbreviation of woodchuck.
Where this word comes from
From woodchuck.
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