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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
chuck
I.verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
chuck steak
chuck wagon
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Chuck me those cigarettes, would you?
▪ As much as I hate it, I'm not willing to chuck my job.
▪ Just go ahead and chuck out the batteries.
▪ She took off her shoes and chucked them on the floor.
▪ Somebody in the crowd chucked a bottle onto the field.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ And chuck that bulk-paid glossy stuff in the trash before you put the key in the door.
▪ But I never got the grant, and I chucked Cassatt and Morisot.
▪ By this time they had been chucked out of the garden of course.
▪ He chucks it into the sea.
▪ I picked it up and chucked it back.
▪ One blonde-haired little girl was chucked under the chin; she winced.
▪ Outside, Ben was barking for Marie to go and chuck sticks fur him.
▪ Wolfgang Petersen's movie chucks all these non-narrative elements overboard.
II.noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a drill chuck
▪ ground chuck
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Boning and muscle-boning of the chuck produce roasts and steaks bearing such names as petite steak and flatiron roast.
▪ It is important not to use conventional chucks for hammer drilling.
▪ Meat cuts used include pork shoulders; beef chuck, brisket, and flank; and trimmings of all kinds.
▪ The banding clamps and three-jaw chuck I have, are home made.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Chuck

Chuck \Chuck\ (ch[u^]k), 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.

Chuck

Chuck \Chuck\, v. t. To call, as a hen her chickens.
--Dryden.

Chuck

Chuck \Chuck\, n.

  1. The chuck or call of a hen.

  2. A sudden, small noise.

  3. A word of endearment; -- corrupted from chick. ``Pray, chuck, come hither.''
    --Shak.

Chuck

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.] ``Mahomet Ali will just be chucked into the Nile.''
    --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.

Chuck

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.

    Chuck farthing, a play in which a farthing is pitched into a hole; pitch farthing.

    Chuck hole, a deep hole in a wagon rut.

    Elliptic chuck, a chuck having a slider and an eccentric circle, which, as the work turns round, give it a sliding motion across the center which generates an ellipse.
    --Knight.

Chuck

Chuck \Chuck\ (ch[u^]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.]

Chuck

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.]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
chuck

"to throw," 1590s, variant of chock "give a blow under the chin" (1580s), possibly from French choquer "to shock, strike against," imitative (see shock (n.1)). Related: Chucked; chucking.

chuck

"piece of wood or meat," 1670s, probably a variant of chock (n.) "block." "Chock and chuck appear to have been originally variants of the same word, which are now somewhat differentiated" [OED]. Specifically of shoulder meat from early 18c. American English chuck wagon (1880) is from the meat sense.\n\nChock and Chuck, Are low terms, very frequently used before full,
--as the coach was chock full of passengers. The house was chuck full.

[Daniel Powers, "A Grammar on an Entirely New System," West Brookfield, 1845]

chuck

"slight blow under the chin," 1610s, from chuck (v.1). Meaning "a toss, a throw" is from 1862. Related: Chucked; chucking.

Wiktionary
chuck

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

n. 1 (context dialect obsolete English) A chicken, a hen. 2 A clucking sound. 3 (context slang English) A friend or close acquaintance; term of endearment. 4 A gentle touch or tap. 5 (context informal English) A casual throw. 6 (context slang English) An act of vomiting. 7 (context cricket informal English) A throw, an incorrect bowling action. vb. 1 To make a clucking sound. 2 To call, as a hen her chickens. 3 To touch or tap gently. 4 (context transitive informal English) To throw, especially in a careless or inaccurate manner. 5 (context transitive informal English) To discard, to throw away. 6 (context transitive informal English) To jilt; to dump. 7 (context intransitive slang English) To vomit. 8 (context intransitive cricket English) To throw; to bowl with an incorrect action. 9 (context South Africa slang intransitive English) To leave; to depart; to bounce. 10 (context obsolete English) To chuckle; to laugh. 11 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. Etymology 3

alt. (abbreviation of woodchuck English) n. (abbreviation of woodchuck English) Etymology 4

n. (context Scotland English) A small pebble.

WordNet
chuck
  1. v. throw carelessly; "chuck the ball" [syn: toss]

  2. throw away; "Chuck these old notes" [syn: ditch]

  3. pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin [syn: pat]

  4. 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" [syn: vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up] [ant: keep down]

chuck
  1. n. informal terms for a meal [syn: chow, eats, grub]

  2. the part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade

  3. a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill

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Chuck

Chuck is a masculine given name or a nickname for Charles. It may refer to:

Chuck (album)

Chuck is the third studio album from Canadian rock band Sum 41. The album was released on October 12, 2004. It is the band's last album to feature lead guitarist Dave Baksh until his return in 2015. Chuck peaked at No. 2 on the Canadian Albums Chart and No. 10 on the US Billboard 200, making it the band's highest-charting album until it would be surpassed by Underclass Hero in 2007.

The album's lyrical content has been described as darker and more mature than the band's previous work, with subjects on politics being driven by the band's experience in the Congo while shooting a documentary film.

The album had a slightly different sound from the band's previous work, mixing in their punk rock influence with heavy metal and adult alternative. The album proved to be a success, receiving acclaim from both critics and fans, as well as selling over 5 million copies. Singles such as "We're All To Blame" and "Pieces" gained success on the Canadian and American charts, and the album won a Juno Award for "Rock Album of the Year" in 2005.

Chuck (engineering)

A chuck is a specialized type of clamp. It is used to hold an object with radial symmetry, especially a cylinder. In drills and mills it holds the rotating tool whereas in lathes it holds the rotating workpiece. On a lathe the chuck is mounted on the spindle which rotates within the headstock. For some purposes (such as drilling) an additional chuck may be mounted on the non-rotating tailstock.

Many chucks have jaws, (sometimes called dogs) that are arranged in a radially symmetrical pattern like the points of a star. The jaws are tightened up to hold the tool or workpiece. Often the jaws will be tightened or loosened with the help of a chuck key, which is a wrench-like tool made for the purpose. Many jawed chucks, however, are of the keyless variety, and their tightening and loosening is by hand force alone. Keyless designs offer the convenience of quicker and easier chucking and unchucking, but have lower gripping force to hold the tool or workpiece, which is potentially more of a problem with cylindrical than hexagonal shanks. Some lathe chucks have independently moving jaws which can also hold irregularly shaped objects (ones that lack radial symmetry). Collet chucks, rather than having jaws, have collets, which are flexible collars or sleeves that fit closely around the tool or workpiece and grip it when squeezed. A few chuck designs are more complex yet, and they involve specially shaped jaws, higher numbers of jaws, quick-release mechanisms, or other special features.

Some chucks, such as magnetic chucks and vacuum chucks, are of a different sort from the radially symmetrical mechanical clamps mentioned above. Instead, they may be surfaces (typically flat) against which workpieces or tools are firmly held by magnetic or vacuum force.

To chuck a tool or workpiece is to hold it with a chuck, in which case it has been chucked. Lathe work whose workholding involves chucking individual slugs or blanks is often called chucking work, in contrast to bar work or bar feed work. In bar work the bar protrudes from the chuck, is worked upon, then cut off by a lathe tool (parted off) rather than being sawn off. Automatic lathes that specialize in chucking work are often called chuckers.

Chuck (disambiguation)

Chuck is a masculine given name. It may also refer to:

Chuck (season 2)

The second season of Chuck contains 22 episodes and was originally aired from September 29, 2008 to April 27, 2009. The season continues to focus on Chuck's constant struggle to keep his spy life and real life apart as he becomes more accustomed to being a spy. More background on the Intersect project is revealed. Fulcrum, a hostile espionage organization that covets the Intersect, is featured more heavily as the season's main antagonist. Chuck and Sarah continue to grow closer, complicating their asset-handler relationship.

Chuck (season 3)

The third season of Chuck was announced on May 17, 2009 with 13 episodes, with NBC reserving the option of nine more episodes. Production for the third season began on August 6, 2009. On October 28, 2009, NBC added 6 more episodes to the third season which brings the season total to 19. On November 19, NBC announced that Chuck would return on January 10 with two back-to-back episodes before it would move to Monday nights to its 8 pm time-slot on January 11.

Chuck (TV series)

Chuck is an American action-comedy/ spy-drama television series created by Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak. The series is about an "average computer-whiz-next-door" named Chuck, played by Zachary Levi, who receives an encoded e-mail from an old college friend now working for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The message embeds the only remaining copy of a software program containing the United States' greatest spy secrets into Chuck's brain, leading the CIA to assign him handlers and use him on top-secret missions.

Produced by College Hill Pictures, Fake Empire Productions, Wonderland Sound and Vision, and Warner Bros. Television, the series premiered on September 24, 2007, on NBC, airing on Monday nights at 8:00 p.m./7:00 p.m. Central.

As the second season finished, flagging ratings put Chuck in danger of cancellation, but fans mounted a successful campaign to encourage NBC to renew the show. The campaign was unique in that fans specifically targeted a sponsor of the show, the Subway restaurant chain, leading to the chain striking a major sponsorship deal with NBC to help cover costs of the third season. The series' renewal was uncertain in each subsequent season. The fifth season was the last, beginning on October 28, 2011 and moving to Friday nights at 8 p.m./7 Central. The series concluded on January 27, 2012 with a two-hour finale.

Chuck (season 1)

The first season of Chuck originally aired between September 24, 2007 and January 24, 2008. The season, cut short by the Writers' Strike, contains thirteen episodes. It introduced the series' main characters and established the general plot of the title character, Chuck Bartowski, having to adapt to his new life as a spy after the only remaining copy of the U.S. government's spy secrets are embedded into his brain. He is forced to juggle his responsibilities as a spy and the supervisor of a technical support team, called the " Nerd Herd", at his local Buy More store (a parody of Best Buy). Having become the most important asset of the U.S. government, Chuck is under the constant surveillance of his CIA handler, Sarah Walker, and NSA agent John Casey, who remind him that he cannot reveal his spy life to his sister Ellie, nor his best friend Morgan Grimes.

Chuck (season 4)

The fourth season of Chuck was announced on May 13, 2010. Having initially ordered 13 episodes, NBC ordered an additional 11 on October 19, 2010 for a total of 24 episodes. Throughout the season, Chuck faced individual villains: Alexei Volkoff, head of Volkoff Industries, and Volkoff's daughter, Vivian McArthur.

Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak expressed a desire to continue the series past the fourth season as early as March 2011, when it was announced that the season finale would be titled " Chuck Versus the Cliffhanger". The episode, as the title suggests, had a cliffhanger ending leading into the fifth and final season, which was ordered on May 13, 2011.

Chuck (season 5)

The fifth and final season of the American action- comedy television series Chuck was announced on May 13, 2011. It included 13 episodes. The season premiered on October 28, 2011 and concluded January 27, 2012 with a two-hour finale.

Continuing from the eponymous cliffhanger ending of the fourth season finale, " Chuck Versus the Cliffhanger", the fifth season featured the series returning to its roots. With their new-found wealth, Chuck ( Zachary Levi) and Sarah Bartowski ( Yvonne Strahovski) own the fictional big-box store Buy More, as well as their new freelance spy organization, Carmichael Industries, which includes John Casey ( Adam Baldwin) and Morgan Grimes ( Joshua Gomez). Meanwhile, Morgan acts as the human possessor of the government database known as the Intersect, and Chuck is forced to act as Morgan's protector in the same way that Sarah and Casey were to Chuck in past seasons.

Usage examples of "chuck".

Seeing her smile, he grinned and chucked her under the chin in an avuncular fashion that made James look outraged.

French Style Roast Beaf 3 lb Boneless chuck or 1 tsp salt rolled rump roast 1 tsp thyme 6 whole cloves 5 peppercorns 1 bay leaf 1 lg clove, garlic 4 c water 4 med.

Sundown, Slim Sanders, Chuck Finberg, Ed and Audrey Ferman, Bob Kaiser, Brad Bisk, Don Borah, Marshall Barksdale, the presence in my mind of James Blish, and most particularly Edna F.

Chuck peered at the tiny image, which continued to shrink obstinately until all he could see was a roundish, blobby, over-exposed face with shadows for eyes and curves for nose and mouth.

Chuck peered at the tiny image, which continued to shrink obstinately until all he could see was a roundish, blobby, over-exposed dot with shadows for eyes and curves for nose and mouth.

As Chuck and I climbed into the cab of my battered old Ford pick-up, Chubby sidled across like a racecourse tipster, speaking out of the corner of his mouth.

For grown-up people the modern books which are sent out in such numbers, often very cheap, have likewise an artificial cityfied air so obviously got up and theatrical, such a mark of machinery on them, all stamped and chucked out by the thousand, that they have no attraction for a people who live with nature, and even in old age retain a certain childlike faith in honesty and genuine work.

A couple of days later, I had another night meeting on the issue, with members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, including Senators Sam Nunn, James Exon, Carl Levin, Robert Byrd, Edward Kennedy, Bob Graham, Jeff Bingaman, John Glenn, Richard Shelby, Joe Lieberman, and Chuck Robb.

Chuck Lowell again had dredged up the shattered past Layne had tried desperately to forget.

Twice, Layne had almost picked up the phone to tell Chuck Lowell to have his man back off.

Chuck and I knew we had created a monster and felt real good about it, but Chuck pointed out that it was sort of like watching your mother-in-law drive your new Cadillac off a cliff, because we knew that Jo would not go fuck herself but would go talk to the Fish, who would go talk to the Leggo, who would get us back but good, since the essence of any hierarchy is retaliation.

Garvey, Chuck Munro, Steve Swartz, Liz Butcher, Cindy Ward, Ed Hall, Mark Tiedemann, Pierce Watters, Gretchen Hastings, Vonda McIntyre, Therese Littleton, Bill Eskridge, Ben Eskridge, Neil Eskridge, Ken Saint-Amand, Vince Caluori, Peter Adkison, Tina Trenkler, Juliane Parsons, Dave Slusher, Darlene Slusher, Timmi Duchamp, Amber Fullerton, Bryan Kinsella, Casey Leichter, Dave Schwimmer, David Serra, Donna Simone, Doru Culiac, Jan-Maree Bourgeois, Jarrod Nack, Jennifer Dirksen, Jill Waller, Josh Fischer, Karen Kapscady, Larry Weiner, Leeds Chamberlain, Lori Heric, Marty Durham, Mendy Lowe, Motoaki Nagahisa, Nelson Chang, Pat Robinette, Tamara Grunhurd, Wendy Wallace, Yasuyo Dunnett, Kathy Acey and the Astraea Foundation, Jeremy Lipp, Ellen Datlow, Rob Killheffer, Kris Rusch, Center Theatre, St.

Chuck leaned forward and smiled, crinkling the corners of his owly green eyes.

On a hunch I called a friend of mine, Chuck Pickard, who works for the state of Minnesota tourist board.

I wanted to chuck it all in, to sit on that ruined beach, regardless of fires, Bombs and radiative particles: to sit and wait for the final Darkness to close about me.