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English Dictionary: chucked by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Chuck \Chuck\, 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.
  
      2. To chuckle; to laugh. [R.] --Marston.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Chuck \Chuck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chucked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Chucking}.] [F. choquer to strike. Cf. {Shock}, v. t.]
      1. To strike gently; to give a gentle blow to.
  
                     Chucked the barmaid under the chin.   --W. Irving.
  
      2. To toss or throw smartly out of the hand; to pitch.
            [Colloq.] [bd]Mahomet Ali will just be chucked into the
            Nile.[b8] --Lord Palmerson.
  
      3. (Mech.) 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.
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