·noun A sudden, small noise.
II. Chuck ·noun A short throw; a toss.
III. Chuck ·noun The chuck or call of a hen.
IV. Chuck ·vt To call, as a hen her chickens.
V. Chuck ·noun A slight blow or pat under the chin.
VI. Chuck ·vt To strike gently; to give a gentle blow to.
VII. Chuck ·noun A word of endearment;
- corrupted from chick.
VIII. Chuck ·noun A small pebble;
- called also chuckstone and chuckiestone.
X. Chuck ·vt To toss or throw smartly out of the hand; to
Pitch.
XI. Chuck ·noun A game played with chucks, in which one or more are tossed up and caught; jackstones.
XII. Chuck ·vi To make a noise resembling that of a hen when she calls her chickens; to
Cluck.
XIII. Chuck ·noun A contrivance or machine fixed to the mandrel of a lathe, for holding a tool or the material to be operated upon.
XIV. Chuck ·vt 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.
XV. Chuck ·noun 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.