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.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

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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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)