• Chuck

    Pronunciation

    • Rhymes: -ÊŒk

    Origin 1

    Variant of chock.

    Full definition of chuck

    Noun

    chuck

    (plural chucks)
    1. (cooking) Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.
    2. (mechanical engineering) A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder.

    Origin 2

    Onomatopoeic dialect term for chicken, imitative of a hen's cluck.

    Noun

    chuck

    (plural chucks)
    1. (dialect, obsolete) A chicken, a hen.
    2. A clucking sound.
    3. (slang) A friend or close acquaintance; term of endearment.Are you all right, chuck?
      • ShakespearePray, chuck, come hither.
    4. A gentle touch or tap.She gave him an affectionate chuck under the chin.
    5. (informal) A casual throw.
    6. (slang) An act of vomiting.
    7. (cricket, informal) A throw, an incorrect bowling action.

    Verb

    1. To make a clucking sound.
    2. To call, as a hen her chickens.
    3. To touch or tap gently.
    4. (transitive, informal) To throw, especially in a careless or inaccurate manner.Chuck that magazine to me, would you?
    5. (transitive, informal) To discard, to throw away.This food′s gone off - you′d better chuck it.
    6. (intransitive, slang) To vomit.
    7. (intransitive, cricket) To throw; to bowl with an incorrect action.
    8. (South Africa, slang, intransitive) To leave; to depart; to bounce.Let's chuck.
    9. (obsolete) To chuckle; to laugh.
    10. 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.

    Derived terms

    Origin 3

    From woodchuck.

    Alternative forms

    Noun

    chuck

    (plural chucks)
    1. Abbreviation of woodchuck

    Origin 4

    Noun

    chuck

    (plural chucks)
    1. (Scotland) A small pebble.

    Related terms

    • chucks (game played with pebbles)

    Synonyms

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