chuck

1. v. i. To make a noise resembling that of a hen when she calls her chickens; to cluck. Source: opted

2. v. i. To chuckle; to laugh. Source: opted

3. v. t. To call, as a hen her chickens. Source: opted

4. n. The chuck or call of a hen. Source: opted

5. n. A sudden, small noise. Source: opted

6. n. A word of word/endearment">endearment; -- corrupted from chick. Source: opted

7. v. t. To strike gently; to give a gentle blow to. Source: opted

8. v. t. To toss or throw smartly out of the hand; to pitch. Source: opted

9. v. t. 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. Source: opted

10. n. A slight blow or pat under the chin. Source: opted

11. n. A short throw; a toss. Source: opted

12. n. A contrivance or machine fixed to the mandrel of a lathe, for holding a tool or the material to be operated upon. Source: opted

13. n. A small pebble; -- called also chuckstone and chuckiestone. Source: opted

14. n. A game played with chucks, in which one or more are tossed up and caught; jackstones. Source: opted

15. 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. Source: opted

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