Definition of chuck

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Chuck (n.) A contrivance or machine fixed to the mandrel of a lathe, for holding a tool or the material to be operated upon..

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Chuck :: Chuck (v. t.) To toss or throw smartly out of the hand; to pitch.
Chuck-will''s-widow :: Chuck-Will's-widow (n.) A species of goatsucker (Antrostomus Carolinensis), of the southern United States; -- so called from its note..
Chuckle :: Chuckle (n.) A short, suppressed laugh; the expression of satisfaction, exultation, or derision..
Sciuromorpha :: Sciuromorpha (n. pl.) A tribe of rodents containing the squirrels and allied animals, such as the gophers, woodchucks, beavers, and others..
Woodchuck :: Woodchuck (n.) The yaffle, or green woodpecker..
Smoke :: Smoke (v. t.) To subject to the operation of smoke, for the purpose of annoying or driving out; -- often with out; as, to smoke a woodchuck out of his burrow..
Chucking :: Chucking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chuc.
Chuck :: Chuck (v. i.) To make a noise resembling that of a hen when she calls her chickens; to cluck.
Chuckling :: Chuckling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chuckl.
Chuck :: Chuck (n.) A small pebble; -- called also chuckstone and chuckiestone.
Laugh :: Laugh (v. i.) To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter..
Witchuck :: Witchuck (n.) The sand martin, or bank swallow..
Chuck :: Chuck (n.) A contrivance or machine fixed to the mandrel of a lathe, for holding a tool or the material to be operated upon..
Putchuck :: Putchuck (n.) Same as Pachak.
Dump :: Dump (n.) A thick, ill-shapen piece; a clumsy leaden counter used by boys in playing chuck farthing..
Woodchuck :: Woodchuck (n.) A common large North American marmot (Arctomys monax). It is usually reddish brown, more or less grizzled with gray. It makes extensive burrows, and is often injurious to growing crops. Called also ground hog..
Chuckle :: Chuckle (v. t.) To call, as a hen her chickens; to cluck..
Chuck :: Chuck (v. t.) To strike gently; to give a gentle blow to.
Chuck :: Chuck (v. t.) To call, as a hen her chickens..
Chuckle :: Chuckle (v. i.) To laugh in a suppressed or broken manner, as expressing inward satisfaction, exultation, or derision..
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