Chuck (chŭk), 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.
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2. To chuckle; to laugh. [R.] Marston.
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Chuck, n. 1. The chuck or call of a hen.
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2. A sudden, small noise.
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3. A word of endearment; -- corrupted from chick. “Pray, chuck, come hither.” Shak.
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Chuck, n. 1. A slight blow or pat under the chin.
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2. A short throw; a toss.
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3. (Mach.) A contrivance or machine fixed to the mandrel of a lathe, for holding a tool or the material to be operated upon.
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Chuck farthing, a play in which a farthing is pitched into a hole; pitch farthing. -- Chuck hole, a deep hole in a wagon rut. -- Elliptic chuck, a chuck having a slider and an eccentric circle, which, as the work turns round, give it a sliding motion across the center which generates an ellipse. Knight.
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Chuck, n. 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. [Colloq.]
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