Chŭck1, v. i.
[Formed in imitation of the sound that it expresses.]
- To make a noise resembling that of a hen when she calls her chickens; to cluck.
- To laugh in a broken, convulsive manner, by way of mockery or insult.
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Chuck
Chŭck2, v. t.
To call, as a hen her chickens. Dryden.
Chŭck3, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. CHUCKED (chŭkt); p. pr. & vb. n. CHUCKING.] [Perhaps to strike under the chin, so as to produce a sound from the collision of the upper and lower jaw, resembling that of the hen when she calls her chickens; or a modification of chock, shock, q. v.]
Sense 1. To strike gently; to give a gentle blow to. “Chucked the bar-maid under the chin.” W. Irving.
Sense 2. To throw, with quick motion, a short distance; to pitch. [Vulgar.]
Kind service can not be chucked from hand to hand like a football. W. Scott.
Sense 3. (Mech.) To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning.
Chŭck4, n.
n. 1. The voice or call of a hen.
- A sudden, small noise.
- A word of endearment;—corrupted from chick. “Pray, chuck, come hither.” Shak.
Chŭck5, n.
Chŭck, n. 1. A slight blow under the chin. 2. (Mach.) A contrivance fixed to the mandrel of a turning-lathe for holding the material to be operated upon.