chuck : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: chuck	by the DICT Development Group
8 results for chuck
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chuck n informal terms for a meal [syn: chow, chuck, eats, grub] the part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill v throw carelessly; "chuck the ball" Synonym(s): chuck, toss throw away; "Chuck these old notes" Synonym(s): chuck, ditch pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin Synonym(s): chuck, pat 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" Synonym(s): vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up Antonym(s): keep down
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. To call, as a hen her chickens. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chuck \Chuck\, n. 1. The chuck or call of a hen. 2. A sudden, small noise. 3. A word of endearment; -- corrupted from chick. [bd]Pray, chuck, come hither.[b8] --Shak.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chuck \Chuck\, n. 1. A slight blow or pat under the chin. 2. A short throw; a toss. 3. (Mach.) A contrivance or machine fixed to the mandrel of a lathe, for holding a tool or the material to be operated upon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chuck \Chuck\ (ch[ucr]k), n. 1. A small pebble; -- called also {chuckstone} and {chuckiestone}. [Scot.] 2. pl. A game played with chucks, in which one or more are tossed up and caught; jackstones. [Scot.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chuck \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.]