chuck

chuck
chuck1
/chuk/, v.t.
1. to toss; throw with a quick motion, usually a short distance.
2. Informal. to resign from; relinquish; give up: He's chucked his job.
3. to pat or tap lightly, as under the chin.
4. Informal. to eject (a person) from a public place (often fol. by out): They chucked him from the bar.
5. Slang. to vomit; upchuck.
6. chuck it, Brit. Slang. stop it; shut up.
n.
7. a light pat or tap, as under the chin.
8. a toss or pitch; a short throw.
9. a sudden jerk or change in direction.
[1575-85; orig. uncert.]
Syn. 1. fling, pitch, heave, hurl.
chuck2
/chuk/, n.
1. the cut of beef between the neck and the shoulder blade. See diag. under beef.
2. a block or log used as a chock.
3. Mach.
a. a device for centering and clamping work in a lathe or other machine tool.
b. a device for holding a drill bit.
v.t.
4. Mach. to hold or secure with a chuck.
[1665-75; var. of CHOCK. See CHUNK1]
chuck3
/chuk/, v.t., v.i.
1. to cluck.
n.
2. a clucking sound.
3. Archaic. (used as a term of endearment): my love, my chuck.
[1350-1400; ME chuk, expressive word, appar. imit.]
chuck4
/chuk/, n. Western U.S. Slang.
food; provisions.
[1840-50; special use of CHUCK2]
chuck5
/chuk/, n. Informal.
woodchuck.
[by shortening]
chuck6
/chuk/, n. Canadian Slang.
1. water.
2. any body of water.
[1855-60; < Chinook Jargon, prob. < Nootka c'aak water, reinforced by Lower Chinook l-cuq water]

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(as used in expressions)
Berry Chuck
Close Chuck
Jones Chuck
Yeager Chuck

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